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Let’s not tire too quickly of our New Year’s resolutions for 2025: Lose 10 pounds. Go to the gym. Loathe Trump.
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By DEDRIA HUMPHRIES BARKER
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1/29/25
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Kyle Melinn’s article in the Jan. 15, 2025, issue of City Pulse falls short of basic journalistic standards.
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The state government nerds in town can’t wait to see what happens with this one.
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By Kyle Melinn
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1/22/25
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Shouldn’t we be taking a break from politics?
Yes. 2024 was exhausting, but we got our break. The world doesn’t stand still, and there are many questions going into the new year.
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By Kyle Melinn
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1/8/25
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Curious about what 2025 will bring to Lansing neighborhoods?
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By JOAN NELSON
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1/1/25
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We’re all done with 2024. You don’t need a calendar to tell us that.
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By Kyle Melinn
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1/1/25
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Before we get too deep into how the state House completely imploded in the final days of its lame-duck session and how the Senate stayed up for 29 straight hours to pass what they could, let’s …
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By Kyle Melinn
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12/26/24
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The temptation in a year-end review is to remember only the last quarter, October, November and December.
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By DEDRIA HUMPHRIES BARKER
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12/26/24
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Michigan House Republicans walked off the floor in the middle of lame duck last week in protest over something that’s not remotely partisan.
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By Kyle Melinn
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12/18/24
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What was U.S. Transportation Department Secretary Pete Buttigieg doing in Monroe on Monday?
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By Kyle Melinn
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12/11/24
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Rebecca Bahar-Cook took to Facebook at 4 p.m. Nov. 6, conceding defeat.
Michigan’s 83 counties had reported their unofficial election night results to the Bureau of Elections. Bahar-Cook, …
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By Kyle Melinn
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12/4/24
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In wrapping up 2024, I’d like to share the latest on a year-long effort supported by housing and neighborhood civic groups
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By JOAN NELSON
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12/4/24
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Lansing’s east side has lost big old trees lining Michigan Avenue. Torn up by bulldozers, it’s all in the name of progress, fixing ancient sewers and raunchy roads.
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For anybody who thought a vote for Donald J. Trump on Nov. 5 was a vote for prosperity or respect for life,
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By DEDRIA HUMPHRIES BARKER
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11/27/24
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House Minority Leader Matt Hall, R-Marshall, shook up Lansing last week with his plan to reshuffle $2.7 billion in the state’s roads budget.
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By Kyle Melinn
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11/27/24
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It’s lame duck time in Lansing — that special time of year lawmakers love to hate … until it’s their bills they want passed.
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By KYLE MELINN
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11/20/24
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(The writer is a longtime Ingham County commissioner and founder of Practical Political Consultants.)
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By MARK GREBNER
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11/20/24
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Like many progressives, we’re still licking our wounds after the devastating Kamala Harris loss and the nationwide Democratic electoral collapse that has put Trump and MAGA Republicans in charge of The White House and both houses of Congress.
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11/20/24
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With all these winners and losers in this week’s edition of City Pulse, here is my personal list of winners and losers from the 2024 election cycle.
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By KYLE MELINN
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11/13/24
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Every quadrant of Lansing has an agrihood, where urban farmers grow crops to sell at 20 mid-Michigan’s farmers markets. Or to restaurants. Or to the Eastside Lansing Food Co-op, a neighborhood grocery store that prioritizes locally grown foods.
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By JOAN NELSON
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11/6/24
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