With a surge in absentee voting across the country, immediate results were not expected. But it hasn't made the wait any easier more than 16 hours after polls closed on Election Day.
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Sean Bradley & Skyler Ashley
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11/4/20
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With less than four hours remaining until polls close this evening, hundreds of voters have already made it out to cast their votes across Greater Lansing today.
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Kyle Kaminski and Sean Bradley
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11/3/20
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It’s no secret why presidential candidates show up in certain states. It’s high Electoral College states where the race is tightest.
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Kyle Melinn
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10/30/20
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Many Michigan voters — even those inclined to support state parks and protect natural lands — are peering carefully, like a duck hunter through a blind, before pulling the trigger on Proposal 1.
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Lawrence Cosentino
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10/30/20
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My, how things have changed this campaign season.
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Eric Freedman
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10/30/20
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The Lansing City Council will vote next month on a vaguer version of a resolution that had initially called for cutting in half the Police Department budget over the next five years. Instead, the new proposal calls for “significant” budget cuts with no set time frame.
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President Donald J. Trump told thousands of his supporters gathered at an airport rally in Lansing Tuesday that he’s expecting a “great red wave” to roll over Michigan next month.
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Kyle Kaminski
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10/29/20
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Still haven’t made plans to vote on or before Tuesday, Nov. 3? We’ve got you covered.
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Kyle Kaminski
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10/29/20
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Mary McGuire wants to help make a difference while working as an election worker for the first time this year.
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Sean Bradley
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10/29/20
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City, county and township clerks in Greater Lansing are still busy dispelling right-wing myths over the integrity of the election process, now with less than a week to go before Election Day.
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Kyle Kaminski
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10/29/20
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The death of Anthony Hulon in the Lansing city jail last April was all but forgotten — until Monday, when the Lansing State Journal broke the story that a wrongful death suit has been filed against the city, Police Chief Darryl Green and four police officers.
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Kyle Kaminski
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10/29/20
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Six days away from the most consequential election of our lifetime. Six days before a national reckoning that will change the course of American history
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Staff
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10/29/20
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It’s the week before Election day.
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Dedria Humphries Barker
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10/29/20
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Officials at the Ingham County Health Department are beefing up coronavirus-related crowd restrictions on outdoor gatherings in East Lansing ahead of this Saturday’s football game between Michigan State University and the University of Michigan.
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KYLE KAMINSKI
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10/29/20
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Michigan requires political candidates to report donations and expenditures of their campaigns, but it can be challenging to track them.
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BRANDON CHEW AND TAYLOR HAELTERMAN
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10/29/20
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Leading up to the 2020 election, candidates for sheriff in Michigan’s 10 most populated counties received over $69,000 in in-kind campaign contributions – items as diverse as sporting tickets, cigars, a crossbow and a vacuum cleaner.
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KYLE DAVIDSON AND JOSH VALIQUETTE
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10/29/20
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Retirees have more time and money to be politically active than younger voters, experts say.
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JASMINE HALL and HANNAH BROCK
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10/29/20
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Political candidates spend thousands of dollars on advertising to secure a spot in office.
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RI’AN JACKSON AND CHLOE ALVERSON
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10/29/20
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Michigan reports that African Americans make up at least 22% of confirmed COVID-19 cases and at least 38% of deaths — but are only 14.1% of the state’s population.
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Ri'an Jackson
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10/29/20
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Marilyn Baley is part of a unique group of Trump supporters: Gays for Trump.
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Sean Bradley
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10/27/20
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