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Lansing seeks solution to summer violence spikes

FRIDAY, April 5 — Lansing Deputy City Attorney Gregory Venker is slated to replace retiring City Attorney James Smiertka next week if the City Council approves his appointment in its regular meeting on Monday.

Plans to move the location of city hall are currently in flux after City Council rejected Mayor Andy Schor's choice for a new location March 11.

TUESDAY, March 12 — The Lansing City Council voted last night to reject buying the old Masonic Temple building as a new city hall location, at least for now. In a blow to Mayor Andy Schor …

Governor Whitmer shared with lawmakers her $80.7 billion dollar proposed budget for the next fiscal year.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is the “Best State/National Politician” and “Best Local Politician,” according to the readers of this fine publication, as voted for in the Top of the Town contest. She’s also the second “Worst Local Politician.”

The Education Workforce Report found Michigan's school staffing shortage has only gotten worse in recent years, particularly in rural and low-income areas.

Vacancies of K-12 staff are nearly double, applicants are half, and hiring is now a year-long effort across the state of Michigan compared to before the pandemic, according to a new report from the University of Michigan and partners.

An Ingham County judge ruled in favor of a man who was shot by East Lansing Police outside a Meijer last year after the department received a 911 report of a masked man carrying a gun into the store. …

Despite planned safety protocols in schools, half of residents surveyed aren’t sold on the notion of returning children to classroom settings in the midst of a global pandemic. Thirty-six percent said schools would be safe, a drop since earlier polling.