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Lansing Mayor Andy Schor has asked Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to activate the National Guard to provide "additional security."

Schor asks Whitmer to activate National Guard in Lansing ahead of armed Capitol demonstration Carol Thompson, Lansing State Journal © Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal A man armed with a shotgun seen at the Michigan State Capitol Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, during a demonstration in support of President Donald Trump. LANSING — Lansing Mayor Andy Schor asked Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to activate the Michigan National Guard to the Capitol next week ahead of armed demonstrations planned in the days before incoming President Joe Biden's inauguration. "Last week's horrific sce...

Lansing council president wants National Guard deployed to Capitol ahead of planned protests Carlos Osorio/AP Posted at 12:13 PM, Jan 12, 2021 and last updated 2021-01-12 12:13:17-05 (WXYZ) — Lansing City Council President Peter Spadafore has sent a letter requesting the Michigan National Guard be sent to Lansing ahead of planned protests at the State Capitol. Spadafore sent the letter to Lansing Mayor Andy Schor, asking him to request Whitmer to deploy the National Guard. Today I wrote a letter urging Mayor @AndySchor to work with law enforcement and other municipalities to ask Gov. Wh...

Credit Reginald Hardwick / WKAR-MSU A deadlock on the Michigan Supreme Court has effectively reversed a ban on any taxpayer funds going to private and religious schools. The decision allows state funds to go toward helping schools comply with health and safety mandates.   Religious organizations cheered the decision, while public school administrators and teachers unions won’t rule out a renewed challenge.  Republican-led legislatures approved nominal funding in two state budgets to test the limits of a 1970 voter-approved amendment to the Michigan Constitution. The amendment includes thi...

CoStar Group Inc. Meijer Inc.'s distribution facility in the Lansing suburb of Delta Township would qualify for an exemption on personal property, sales and use taxes for new equipment that automated the repackaging of food and consumer goods under a three-bill package headed for passage in the Michigan Legislature. With their legislative session nearing an end, Michigan lawmakers are racing to give Meijer Inc. a new break on paying sales, use and personal property taxes for automated consumer goods processing equipment for a distribution facility outside of Lansing. A three-bill package near...