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When President Biden signed an executive order last week that canceled college student loans up to $20,000. America restarted on a long overdue shift back to the idea that education is a common good. …
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Dedria Humphries Barker
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9/1/22
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The pandemic was kind to golf. “The numbers are official,” Golf Digest declared: “Golf’s surge in popularity in 2020 was even better than predicted.” And reporting …
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8/25/22
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Waiting for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Republican-led Legislature to announce some large tax cut, a $500 rebate, a gas tax holiday or some other substantive tax cut anytime soon?
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Kyle Melinn
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8/25/22
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I turned 29 a few days ago, I've lived here in Lansing since 2019, I'm a half white-half Latino male, and I’m writing about an article written by Todd Heywood about the challenges still faced …
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Eric Vincent
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8/18/22
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By any measure, Emily Dievendorf's 25-vote win over Jon Horford in the 77th House District Democrat primary two Tuesdays ago was a surprise.
Horford had many more endorsements. He raised …
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Kyle Melinn
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8/11/22
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Conservative commentator Tudor Dixon rode into the Republican gubernatorial nomination this week on the backs of the influential DeVos family in West Michigan and former President Donald Trump's late …
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Kyle Melinn
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8/4/22
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As previously noted in this space, we’re big fans of writing the final chapter in the history of Lansing Township via annexation by the city of Lansing. Now comes a group of more than 100 …
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7/28/22
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The writer is a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the new 75th state House District in next Tuesday’s (Aug. 2) primary election.
I am running for state representative …
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Don Keskey
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7/28/22
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Here's something I've never written before this past Monday.
Democratic Senate candidates in Michigan's most competitive seats went 7-0 in raising more money for their respective campaigns …
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Kyle Melinn
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7/28/22
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Back in the 1980s, when the City of Lansing was building the Lansing Center on Michigan Avenue, the idea was sold to politicians as an attraction for conferences and exhibitions. Our part of the …
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Dedria Humphries Barker
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7/28/22
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Meridian Township voters spoke clearly in 2018 when over 60% of them supported the successful statewide referendum to legalize the recreational use of marijuana.
Now they will decide in the …
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7/21/22
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The primary is in two weeks, and the most nervous political demographic is the traditional, conservative Republicans with experience.
It's hard to believe. Ronald Reagan-loving, John …
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Kyle Melinn
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7/21/22
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President Joe Biden in 2024? I saw the headline, too, and it's hard to believe.
A first-term incumbent, with popularity numbers literary through the floor? A 33% job approval rating, …
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Kyle Melinn
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7/14/22
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One of Lansing’s longest-running municipal conundrums is the on-again, off-again pursuit of new facilities for its city government, from replacing an outdated, dysfunctional City Hall to …
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7/7/22
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Why is Emily Dievendorf running for the state House?
It’s a valid question as she makes herself a cup of coffee shortly after 10:30 a.m. on a Wednesday morning in …
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Kyle Melinn
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7/7/22
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Our society isn’t particularly fond of felons. We lock them up for a long time — deservedly so in many cases — then treat them with suspicion and mistrust when they get out of …
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CP Edit
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6/30/22
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Emily Stivers had had enough.
After taking comments for months about her toothy smile, the state House candidate in the new 75th House District went to Facebook to vent about those who have …
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Kyle Melinn
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6/30/22
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People get excited about luck. They chalk up their outcomes to luck. Good or bad. When it's good luck, everyone is smiling, including, some people think, God. The stars have aligned in their favor. I …
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Dedria Humphries Barker
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6/30/22
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From the mildly ridiculous to the utterly bizarre, the 2022 political season is shaping up to be a real barn burner. Six months ago, who would have predicted that half the Republican gubernatorial …
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Staff
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6/23/22
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Ingham County voters can start voting absentee this week for the Aug. 2 primary election … if you remember that there's a primary.
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KYLE MELINN
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6/23/22
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