Lansing mayor says city council in "denial" after veto override vote
Lansing Mayor VirgBernero says the city council is “flirting with disaster."The council voted tonight to override Bernero’s veto of a change the council made to his city budget plan. The council...
View ArticleUnion-backed poll shows little support for Lansing selling utility
A union-sponsored poll shows little support for the city of Lansing to sell its electric utility.Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero suggested studying the idea of selling the Lansing Board of Water & Light...
View ArticleFederal judge sides with tribe trying to build Lansing casino
A federal judge has given an Upper Peninsula Indian tribe a legal victory in its effort to open a casino in Michigan’s state capitol.The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians announced plans in...
View ArticleLansing voters to decide on future of "golden parachutes" for top city...
Lansing voters may do away with “golden parachutes” for top city appointees.A charter amendment on next week’s ballot would limit executive contracts to one year and prevent large payouts. The proposal...
View ArticleLansing's mayor wants to move city hall
Lansing City Hall could soon have a new home.Mayor Virg Bernero wants to move it from its current location across from the state capitol building to a less developed area several blocks south.Bernero's...
View ArticleNumerous questions surround why Lansing city attorney received $200,000 for...
There’s something brewing around Lansing’s City Hall.On March 4, Lansing’s city attorney Janene McIntyre resigned voluntarily, but the Lansing State Journal reports that McIntyre was still paid...
View ArticleLansing voters to decide if mayor should run BWL during emergencies
Lansing’s mayor may have real ‘power’ at his fingertips at times of emergency, if city voters agree in November. Tens of thousands of Lansing Board of Water and Light customers spent days in the dark...
View ArticleDeveloper signs deal to build $276 million project in Lansing
Developers signed an agreement to build a quarter-billion dollar housing and retail complex in Lansing today. Now they just have to figure out how to build it in a floodplain. The Red Cedar Renaissance...
View ArticleLansing ordinance requires speedier snow removal
The Lansing City Council last night approved an ordinance that will require home and business owners to shovel snow from sidewalks faster. The capitol city’s old ordinance, which involved mailing...
View ArticleLansing mayor expected to call for changes in BWL
Lansing’s mayor is expected to call for a major restructuring of the city’s electric utility tonight. When Mayor Virg Bernero takes to the podium tonight to deliver his tenth State of the City address,...
View ArticleLansing mayor wants to make utility more accountable to city hall
Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero saved the biggest news in his tenth State of the City address tonight until the end. The mayor proposed three city charter changes that would make Lansing's electric utility...
View ArticleLansing weighs in with healthy living campaign
A new campaign to get people in greater Lansing to live healthier is underway. During his State of the City address this week, Mayor Virg Bernero stepped on a scale. As people in the audience let out...
View ArticleMichigan mayors urge businesses to rethink Indiana conventions
Two mid-Michigan mayors are trying to lure convention planners looking to move their events out of Indiana. The controversy over Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration law has many groups rethinking...
View ArticleLansing mayor to speak at Hash Bash
A prominent Democratic politician will be a featured speaker at a marijuana legalization rally in Ann Arbor tomorrow. Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero is quick to point out he’s never smoked pot. But the...
View ArticleLansing city council says 'no' to mayor's plan for BWL inspector general
The Lansing city council has rejected the mayor’s plan to keep a closer eye on the city’s utility. The Lansing Board of Water and Light’s management has been making changes since it was heavily...
View ArticleLansing city council takes up a veto
The Lansing city council will have to muster six votes to override a mayoral veto when it meets Monday night. Mayor Virg Bernero issued a veto a few days after the city council passed the city budget...
View ArticleLansing mayor says city council in "denial" after veto override vote
Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero says the city council is “flirting with disaster." The council voted tonight to override Bernero’s veto of a change the council made to his city budget plan. The council...
View ArticleUnion-backed poll shows little support for Lansing selling utility
A union-sponsored poll shows little support for the city of Lansing to sell its electric utility. Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero suggested studying the idea of selling the Lansing Board of Water &...
View ArticleFederal judge sides with tribe trying to build Lansing casino
A federal judge has given an Upper Peninsula Indian tribe a legal victory in its effort to open a casino in Michigan’s state capitol. The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians announced plans in...
View ArticleLansing voters to decide on future of "golden parachutes" for top city...
Lansing voters may do away with “golden parachutes” for top city appointees. A charter amendment on next week’s ballot would limit executive contracts to one year and prevent large payouts. The...
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