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“People deserve a second chance” was the refrain sung at a Tuesday event celebrating a new state policy that erases old criminal records from public view after seven to 10 years.
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Kyle Melinn
Capital News Service | 4/13/23 |
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In September 2021, 18 months into the COVID pandemic, Michigan State University’s athletic program faced dwindling coffers. A USA Today public records request found the department had lost …
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Todd Heywood
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4/6/23
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A clean, safe place to live is the single most important material need for human beings, following close behind the biological imperatives of air, water and food. Yet for many Lansing residents, this …
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4/6/23
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I didn’t put Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress and neither did you. But she’s there. Not only is she there, but the Georgia pol with a history of supporting QAnon conspiracies …
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4/6/23
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“The quality of the neighborhood, affordability and proximity to friends and family” were the three most important considerations for new home buyers, according to the 2022 National …
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Joan Nelson
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4/6/23
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Continuing the recent focus in this column on shared-use housing strategies (granny flats, duplexes, co-ops, etc.) as a partial solution to low housing inventory and lack of affordable rentals, we …
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4/6/23
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On Feb. 25, 2022, one day after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, released a cell phone video, vowing that his government would stay in …
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3/30/23
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In Michigan, Democrat legislators are pushing forward with legislation, House Bill 4156, that would enter our state into the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. ...
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Ann Bollin
Bridge Michigan | 3/30/23 |
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In my creative writing class, my students and I encountered a word and concept neither of us knew. It was the word espaliered, which means to grow flat. It was in the third stanza of Alice Walker’s poem “a woman is not a potted plant.” ...
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By Dedria Humphries Barker
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3/30/23
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In recent years, the nation has seen a grass-roots surge of interest in an old idea — financial reparations to help redress the atrocity of slavery and the many successive injustices, from …
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3/23/23
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Lansing Mayor Andy Schor’s decision to pass on a congressional run punctuates a problem Democrats may have going into the 2024 cycle. With U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin running for the U.S. …
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3/23/23
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The Democrat majority in Michigan’s Senate and House is making quick progress on gun legislation, which is popularly supported by Michigan citizens. The House has already passed a bill …
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3/16/23
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On March 1, City Pulse reported on the recent enforcement against occupied red-tagged properties in Lansing. These events highlight the housing crisis plaguing our community. Individuals and families …
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3/16/23
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A better safety net for kids: If you want to know what a politician’s values are, follow the money. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposed 2024 budget demonstrates that her administration …
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3/9/23
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Agitated that other priorities have taken center stage in the early days of the Democratic-controlled Legislature, labor leaders convinced the state House to take up measures this week to repeal the …
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Kyle Melinn
Capitol News Service MIRS | 3/9/23 |
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On any given night, in any emergency department at any hospital in Michigan, the people needing care include a patient in need of mental health services who is held in a room for hours, sometimes days …
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Jacob Kagan and Peggy Johnson
Bridge Magazine | 3/7/23 |
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It’s 8:30 at night and you’re in the living room watching TV with your kids, when you hear a knock at the door. You go to the door and see five law enforcement officers standing on the porch …
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Graham Filler and Andrew Fink
Bridge Magazine | 3/7/23 |
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Back in 2018, then-congressional candidate Elissa Slotkin hammered U.S. Rep. Mike Bishop on being invisible in mid-Michigan. To her, it wasn’t a partisan thing. It was a being-present …
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Kyle Melinn
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3/2/23
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The shocking and tragic events of Feb. 13 will have a long-lasting impact on us all. The mass shooting on the campus of Michigan State University left three students dead, five more wounded and a …
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Staff
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3/2/23
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I am stuck on housing these days — more specifically, housing that is varied, affordable and not the single-family homes that predominate in our neighborhoods. Lansing (like many other cities) contains a demographic mismatch, with single-family zoning covering 83% of Lansing’s …
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Joan Nelson
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3/2/23
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