2025 Election
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From Lansing to Jackson, this is the Mid-Michigan voting guide for the Nov. 4 special election — mayor races, city councils, school bonds, millages, and ballot proposals. We've complied a list of all of the key items from Ingham, Clinton, Jackson, Eaton, Shiawassee and Livingston Counties.
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Michigan State club triathlonThe challenges of triathlon are everywhere: long stretches of training, acquiring equipment, and dedicating the time to improve. MSU’s student triathletes are committed to improving and the rankings are reflecting the hard work. -
Courtesy/Moe Ferland, Redhead Creative ConsultancyThe 2025 Lansing Arts Impact Grant project is located in Old Town and uses a fence at Friedland Industries as its canvas.
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The ordinance changes how the city awards contracts, giving more weight to non-monetary factors than to costs. -
State of Michigan officials are celebrating meeting their initial goal of building 75,000 new housing units by next year.That puts the state around two-thirds of the way to its new goal of creating 115,000 new units. -
The Alliance for the Great Lakes says data centers could go through more than 150 billion gallons of water annually from the Great Lakes region within the next five years. -
A 30% federal tax credit which helps offset the cost of solar panel installation is being phased out, following the passage of the Trump administration’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.” -
The new route spans five miles of campus and makes seven stops along the way, including at the Wharton Center, IM East, Anthony Hall and Commuter Lot #89. -
A Michigan initiative is testing drones to make deliveries in key industries over short and medium distances. One day, the technology might transport people as well. -
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan says he's assessing potential running mates as he continues his independent campaign for governor. -
A new Michigan House bill would ban out-of-state national guard troops from entering Michigan without the governor’s permission or valid orders from the president. -
A proposal to delay paychecks for future governors and legislators if the state budget is not wrapped up by the July 1 legal deadline failed Thursday in the state House. -
The victim, a West Michigan man, lived less than 3,000 feet from a site where mosquitoes carrying the virus were recently found. Statewide, five other cases have been confirmed.
