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Martin Luther King Jr. Day, observed annually on the third Monday of January, celebrates the birth of the legendary Baptist minister and nonviolent leader of the civil rights movement. This year, the holiday takes place on King’s actual birthday, Jan. 15, but celebrations in the Lansing area aren’t contained to just one day.
Republicans drop plans to require residents to mail a photocopy of their ID to apply for an absentee ballot. But they’d still have to give up some personal information to qualify.
Efforts to get vaccine information to minority communities are starting to pay off and be noticed by some residents.
A town hall discussion and several campaigns to vaccinate people against COVID-19 have helped Lansing s Black residents understand the vaccines more, and for some, to be ready for their inoculation.
Plans were devised in late January by the Ingham County Health Department and the state Department of Health and Human Services to engage with residents in their respective languages and communities. One of the initiatives in the county was to partner with Lansing podcasters Mike and Erica Lynn to host a town hall discussion.
LANSING —Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has used her "pocket veto" on legislation intended to give significant tax cuts to Michigan-based grocery giant Meijer reports The Detroit Free Press.The bills, which lawmakers said were aimed specifically at Meijer, would have removed sales tax from the purchase of automated material handling systems — used at central handling centers to prepare pallets of consumer goods for distribution to grocery stores — and remove personal property tax from