If giant red balls descending on downtown Lansing heralds the start of the holiday season, then Silver Bells in the City is the event that rings it in with an extra loud “ding-dong!” …
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By CHELSEA LAKE ROBERTS
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11/23/23
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UAW workers at two of Lansing’s three auto plants voted against a contract with General Motors last week. UAW Local 1753, representing 200 workers at GM’s Lansing …
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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11/21/23
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FRIDAY, Nov. 17 — Lansing Shuffle will host a free Thanksgiving meal 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday for Lansing-area individuals and families in need.
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Nicole Noechel
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11/17/23
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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 16 — Lansing Mayor Andy Schor and Lansing Police Chief Ellery Sosebee say there’s a limit to how much the city can do to prevent illegal firearms. For this reason, they’ve asked state legislators for more support.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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11/16/23
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One of the special things about our annual City Pulse Top of the Town Contest, now 16 years running, is seeing how many folks will take the ultimate challenge of voting in every category.
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By STEVE UNDERWOOD
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11/16/23
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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 15 —The East Lansing City Council elected George Brookover last night to fill the mayoral seat once occupied by his father. After newly elected members Kerry Ebersole Singh, Mark Meadows and Erik Altmann took their oaths of office, Meadows nominated Brookover. It went uncontested.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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11/15/23
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The City of Lansing on Friday announced a new overnight family warming center set to open Nov. 27 at the Letts Community Center. The facility, at 1220 W. Kalamazoo St., is a pilot program that will …
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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11/15/23
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TUESDAY, Nov. 14 — The election date to select the nine members of Lansing’s Charter Revision Commission has been set for May 7 primary next year, City Clerk Chris Swope said today.
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Tyler Schneider
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11/14/23
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TUESDAY — Michigan State University sophomore Elaina Rankin’s interest in becoming a public defender bloomed when she was just a freshman at Avondale High School.
It was 2018, and …
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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11/14/23
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Angelina Benli, a 24-year-old student in Michigan State University’s political science Ph.D. program, moved from New York City to Lansing’s Stadium District in June 2022.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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11/9/23
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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 8 — For the first time since the City Charter was created in 1978, voters yesterday narrowly approved creating a commission to review it for possible changes.
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By BERL SCHWARTZ
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11/8/23
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The Okemos school district canceled Scholastic Book Fairs because the sponsor moved select books on race, racism and LGBTQ+ issues into a collection that would be more difficult to choose, the …
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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11/7/23
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TUESDAY, Nov. 7 — Despite early voting and absentee voting options, some voters still said they preferred making the trek out to their physical polling places.
“It’s just easy …
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Tyler Schneider
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11/7/23
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Last Saturday, Brian Daniels taught two more classes at EmPOWer Lansing before closing the doors for good.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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11/3/23
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In the early 2000s, Mike Karl was a face among the countless homeless individuals living in Reutter Park in Lansing, struggling with alcoholism. Today, Karl is the inspiration for a bill that seeks to establish a Homeless Bill of Rights.
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By MAGGIE GEORGE
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11/2/23
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Josie Shapiro, a first-year Michigan State University student who is Jewish, is “furious” as she considers her feelings and reactions and how they’ve evolved in the three-and-a-half weeks since the Hamas attack in Israel.
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By STEVE UNDERWOOD
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11/2/23
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Standing at the steps of the state Capitol on Sunday, Michigan State University senior Omar Mahmoud’s thoughts turned to his Palestinian grandmother. “She was one of the 750,000 who were kicked out of their homes in 1948,” Mahmoud said, referring to the year Israel entered into statehood.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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11/2/23
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In a 73-page report, a Michigan State University hearing officer confirmed that former head football coach Mel Tucker sexually harassed and exploited rape survivor and sexual assault activist Brenda …
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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10/31/23
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In its quest to spur downtown growth, the City of East Lansing faces a difficult task in juggling competing needs.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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10/26/23
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Halloween is right around the corner, and while some Lansing locals have been decorating their homes and planning the perfect costume for weeks, others of us have been … not doing that. If you’re a last-minute Halloween queen, Samhain Samuel or haunted they-ride, this guide is for you!
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By CHELSEA LAKE ROBERTS
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10/26/23
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