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The Lansing city council may soon face a critical test to see if it might be able to override the mayor’s plans for how to spend property tax money…

Lansing’s mayor says a combination of employee furlough days and union concessions are necessary to shrink a $4.7 million budget gap next year. He laid…

It took a marathon session Monday night, but the Lansing city council finally has a new council president. The eight-member council is evenly divided into…

A sharp division among Lansing city council members kept the council from taking its first required step this year during a meeting today. The division…

For a second time this year, Lansing voters will be asked to decide if they want to increase their property taxes. There are fears of deep cuts in police…

The Lansing city council voted 5 to 3 last night to approve a city budget that deeply cuts police and fire in the capitol city. Lansing, like many…