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For the past 10 years, environmentalists have made a pair of now-73-year-old light crude pipelines resting on the bottom of the Mackinac Straits an organizing rallying cry.
What if these pipes …
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By Kyle Melinn
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8/27/25
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The imminent loss of another historic building in Lansing — this time the Preuss Building in Old Town — is yet another punch in the gut. Built in 1875, it is the latest in a string of …
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8/27/25
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It seems silly to even be talking about this subject, but we’re here, folks.
State government is around 40 days away from operating without a budget. In my opinion, it’s better …
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By Kyle Melinn
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8/20/25
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City Pulse is in an arm-wrestling match with the city of Lansing over public information.
Back in April, I asked for a “current” list of red-tagged properties. The fodder well was …
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By BERL SCHWARTZ
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8/13/25
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Republicans and Democrats are starting to get nervous about Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s gubernatorial candidacy, and for good reason.
Republicans and Democrats alike are donating to him.
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By Kyle Melinn
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8/13/25
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FRIDAY, Aug. 8 — My wait is over — for part 1 of my fight for a list of red-tagged properties in the city of Lansing.
Here was my request, which I submitted to the city …
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Berl Schwartz
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8/8/25
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If you can’t raise close to $1 million, you’re not even in the conversation about being Michigan’s next governor or U.S. senator.
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By Kyle Melinn
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7/30/25
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It’s so disappointing when you put in the work and it all comes to naught.
It’s more galling when the failure is not your fault but lies with the president of the United States and …
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By DEDRIA HUMPHRIES BAKER
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7/30/25
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Please allow me to provide some additional context to readers who were not present at the Lansing Capitol NO KINGS rally June 14. I am the Indigenous climate activist pictured and quoted in your …
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By NICOLE KEWAY BIBER
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7/23/25
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Hooray! It’s the middle of summer. Beaches. Festivals. Concerts. Baseball. Art Fairs. Pushy petition circulators.
It never fails. Yes, you’re a registered voter. Yes, you …
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By Kyle Melinn
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7/23/25
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To fully appreciate the historic dysfunction of the current state Legislature, simply look at how many bills it’s sent to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s desk as of July 15, the day I’m …
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By Kyle Melinn
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7/16/25
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Here’s a statistic you probably didn’t know before you started reading this column: Among Michigan’s 147 state legislators, four are married to registered lobbyists. That means in …
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By Kyle Melinn
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7/2/25
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A professed aerospace manufacturing expert, whom the attorney general is investigating for doing nothing tangible with $2.5 million in grants he received in 2020 and 2021, says he’s in Ghana.
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By Kyle Melinn
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6/25/25
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People talk about two things when they talk about director Ryan Coogler’s new film, “Sinners.” The vampires and the juke joint scene. Forget the vampires. All around us every day …
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By DEDRIA HUMPHRIES BARKER
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6/25/25
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An estimated 3,000 to 4,000 protesters gathered on the Capitol lawn last Saturday in Lansing’s version of the “No Kings” rally. Organizers hoped it would be the largest gathering …
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By Kyle Melinn
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6/18/25
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An African American woman might be ashamed to admit she had to go research Juneteenth, but I am not and I did.
Juneteenth started as a Texas holiday celebrating African American freedom. Being a …
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BY DEDRIA HUMPHRIES BARKER
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6/11/25
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In today’s edition of “Things You Never Thought Have Happened Before But Have,” I present to you the 1967-‘68 legislative session.
The Michigan House comprised 55 …
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By Kyle Melinn
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6/11/25
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(The author is an East Lansing resident who used the clean energy residential credit to put solar panels on her roof.)
I am deeply disappointed in my new representative in the U.S. Congress, …
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By ANN SIEGLE
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6/4/25
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(Shanay Watson-Whittaker is executive director of Reproductive Freedom for All in Michigan.)
Last week, House Republicans, including Michigan’s very own Rep. Tom Barrett, voted to defund …
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By SHANAY WATSON-WHITTAKER
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6/4/25
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(The author is a longtime political consultant and former executive of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce.)
Over the course of an hour watching news on CNN, at each commercial break, I witnessed a …
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By BOB LABRANT
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6/4/25
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