Michigan State University Board of Trustees approve memorial to commemorate 2023 shooting tragedy

August 19, 2025

EAST LANSING — In an unexpected “special” Zoom meeting on Friday, the MSU Board of Trustees unanimously approved a plan to build a permanent memorial to honor the victims of the shooting that gripped the MSU community on February 13, 2023, in which three students were killed and five others were injured by a gunman. “This memorial will honor those affected and will stand as a lasting tribute to the loss and resilience of the Spartan community,” the agenda materials said. Even as the university navigates financial “uncertainty” and a 9% budget reduction announced by MSU ...

State’s camp crackdowns leave homeless in precarious position

August 9, 2025

LANSING — The radio is silent in Greg Pratt's van, but that doesn't mean it's quiet as dozens of styrofoam containers filled with food squeal loudly from the trunk with each bump and turn. A former Marine, stay-at-home dad and Lansing resident, Pratt spends at least one night a week ...

Detroit lawmaker Tate drops out of US Senate race

August 9, 2025

LANSING — A Detroit lawmaker is dropping out of the race to represent Michigan in the U.S. Senate, he announced Friday, leaving three Democratic front-runners to compete in the primary. State Rep. Joe Tate, who was the first Black speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives, told The ...

From Stephen King to Detroit’s Poletown, History Press books cover local lore

August 9, 2025

NEW YORK — With deep knowledge of Stephen King's books and curiosity about their inspirations, writer Sharon Kitchens began a journey around Maine. As she learned about the real-life settings and people behind such fiction as "IT" and "Salem's Lot," she arranged them into an online map and ...

Independent candidate for Michigan governor is betting on partisan fatigue in the midterms

August 9, 2025

DETROIT — Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan spent his political career as a Democrat, leading Michigan's largest Democratic stronghold. But now, he's become a target of his former party, whose leaders are furious about his decision to run for Michigan governor next year as an independent. Detroit ...

Hoffa legend endures 50 years later

August 1, 2025

DETROIT — It was September 2012 and dozens of residents looked on as police cordoned off the area around a shed just northeast of Detroit. Low whispers about what — or who — officers were searching for grew to more excited chatter when the name Jimmy Hoffa started floating around the ...