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I have encouraging news for those of you who have been following the year-long conversation in this column about shared-use housing.
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By JOAN NELSON
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7/4/24
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You might not have caught the irony of the Michigan Senate passing a proclaimed expansion of the state’s open record law the same night it passed the most secretive budget in modern history, but I did.
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By Kyle Melinn
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7/4/24
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Last week, a state representative from Up North named Neil Friske was arrested by Lansing police for allegedly chasing a Deja Vu dancer out of his condo and down Forest Road in Lansing at 2:45 a.m.
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By Kyle Melinn
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6/26/24
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Goodbye to a friend for the last time is always hard. For 20 years or more, my family and I bonded a friendship with a specialty store — simple, organic, fresh products from the aptly named Foods for Living store in Okemos. Foods for Living is a store with a mission to bring good food to the community in a pleasant environment.
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6/26/24
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(Baumer is President/CEO of the Capital Region Community is Moser is President/CEO of the Jackson Community Foundation.)
The nonprofit sector plays a critical role in supporting the …
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By LAURIE STRAUSS BAUMER AND MONICA MOSER
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6/19/24
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“I don’t get the hype around Curtis Hertel,” a colleague told me the other day.
I lost my breath for a minute.
“You don’t remember …
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By Kyle Melinn
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6/19/24
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Bold of Mark C. Criss, head of the City Rescue Mission of Lansing, to outright admit the Mission lies to its residents and its neighbors.
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6/13/24
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The Republican National Party is dead to me and many other formerly active supporters because of the insistence of some weak kneed and weak willed want-to-be political “leaders” (?) who persist in their support of the former POTUS in maintaining his cult.
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6/13/24
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If you’ll excuse the pun, the question “soaring” over the state Capitol these days is a pot of money called the SOAR Fund that the governor’s administration uses to grease the wheels for big economic projects.
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By Kyle Melinn
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6/13/24
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University of Michigan Health-Sparrow is to be commended for proposing a psychiatric facility for Lansing. America is suffering a mental health crisis, and our community is no exception. Sparrow …
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6/12/24
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Bold of Mark C. Criss, head of the City Rescue Mission of Lansing, to outright admit the Mission lies to its residents and its neighbors. The first paragraph of its website echoes the common …
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6/12/24
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The Republican National Party is dead to me and many other formerly active supporters because of the insistence of some weak kneed and weak willed want-to-be political “leaders” (?) who …
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6/12/24
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If you’ll excuse the pun, the question “soaring” over the state Capitol these days is a pot of money called the SOAR Fund that the governor’s administration uses to grease the …
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By Kyle Melinn
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6/12/24
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What would you consider a hate crime?
Is it threats of violence against someone because of who they are, whether they are part of the LGBTQ+ community, have a disability, come from a …
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By Kyle Melinn
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6/5/24
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We’ve all heard the tired phrase from the 1992 presidential campaign: “It’s the economy, stupid.”
Back then, it was James Carville laying the …
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By Kyle Melinn
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5/29/24
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It’s taken a while, but the game of division, subtraction, exclusion, and confrontation employed by those in the extreme Make America Great Again movement appears to be losing ground with …
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By Kyle Melinn
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5/21/24
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At long last, the journey to a new home for Lansing’s municipal government appears to be in the home stretch. After a divided City Council rejected Mayor Andy Schor’s proposal to …
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5/15/24
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It was refreshing to read Kyle Melinn acknowledge the crisis in care that requires legislative action (“Passing auto insurance reform now can avoid needless complications later,” May 8). …
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Tom Judd
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5/15/24
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I’m almost ashamed to admit this, but I forgot to vote last week. It completely slipped my mind. How is this possible? I write about elections for a living. I’ve spent the last two weeks …
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Kyle Melinn
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5/15/24
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Behind the scenes, some House Democrats have considered withholding their support for the state budget until the majority votes on reforming the state’s auto insurance law to assist victims of …
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Kyle Melinn
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5/8/24
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