On Nov. 3 voters in Eaton County will choose between Sheriff Tom Reich, a two-term incumbent, and former state Sen. Rick Jones, who was sheriff for four years before being elected to the state Legislature. more

Nailed to a huge tree outside a house somewhere between Eagle and Portland, I ran across a first-of-its-kind yard sign reading, "MEDIA IS THE VIRUS." more

The more things change, the more they stay the same. more

Until now the most important election in my life was my first. It was 1968, and I was stationed in Thailand. more

As college and university administrators finalize plans for fall 2020 for continuing student education amid the reality and consequences of COVID-19, they need to simultaneously address Black Lives Matter and structural racism. They can do this by making a class on American slavery mandatory. more

School bells are beginning to ring across mid-Michigan, but not in a way we’ve ever heard before. With no small amount of trepidation on the part of students, parents and educators, and with the coronavirus potentially lurking behind every sniffle, many area schools have wisely opted to begin the year in all-virtual mode. more

No statewide ballot questions? No competitive statewide political race? Very few compelling races anywhere? No matter. A record 2.2 million Michiganders voted in last week’s primary. more

You may not have noticed an unusual aroma wafting around Lansing City Hall these days, the one that smells like an inside deal — funded by city taxpayers — to prop up Mayor Andy Schor at a challenging time in his tenure. more

In a jarring case of mistaken identity, several maskless cops at the Lansing Police Department escorted me out a parked car outside my downtown apartment yesterday, pointed guns at my back and forced me well within six feet of officers as I was cuffed and loaded into the backseat of a police SUV. more

With good reason, much ink has been spilled about Donald Trump’s trainwreck interview with Axios’s Jonathan Swan. more

The City of Lansing is more than meets the eye. more

Every once in a while, an elected official comes along who does their job with a compelling combination of humility, humor, common sense and stone cold competence. more

After more than two months of “recommending” that Michigan residents wear face coverings to help contain the spread of the coronavirus. more

About 20% of full-time workers — some 26 million people — have a young child at home. If schools don’t reopen this fall, many of them will face pronounced hardship.  more

A week after Lansing police unleashed tear-gas canisters on rioters and bystanders in downtown Lansing, the city’s growing protest movement against police brutality has taken a welcome turn … more

A broad consensus has emerged among epidemiological experts that we stand little chance of conquering COVID-19 without a massive expansion in testing to determine the true extent of the pandemic, especially to identify those infected with the virus who are asymptomatic more

As I left the Better Health Store, I found a plastic bag hanging on my car door. Inside was a roll of toilet paper. Given that my license plate is CTYPULS, I feared a disgruntled reader was delivering an opinion on what paper City Pulse is worth printing on. more