Lansing is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan and the most populous city in Ingham County. It is mostly in the county,although portions of the city extend west into Eaton County and north into Clinton County. The 2020 census placed the city's population at 112,644,making it the sixth most populous city in Michigan. The population of its metropolitan statistical area (MSA) was 541,297 at the 2020 census,the third largest in the state after metropolitan Detroit and Grand Rapids. It was named the new state capital of Michigan in 1847,ten years after Michigan became a state.
East Lansing is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Most of the city lies within Ingham County with a smaller portion extending north into Clinton County. At the 2020 census the population was 47,741. Located directly east of the state capital of Lansing,East Lansing is well known as the home of Michigan State University. The city is part of the Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area.
Jennifer Mulhern Granholm is a Canadian-born American politician. Since 2021,she has served as the 16th United States Secretary of Energy. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously served as the Attorney General of Michigan from 1999 to 2003 and as the 47th Governor of Michigan from 2003 to 2011,as the first woman to hold each office.
The Michigan State University College of Law is the law school of Michigan State University,a public research university in East Lansing,Michigan. Established in 1891 as the Detroit College of Law,it was the first law school in the Detroit,Michigan area and the second in the state of Michigan. In October 2018,the college began a process to fully integrate into Michigan State University,changing from a private to a public law school. The integration with Michigan State University was finalized on August 17,2020.
The Capitol Loop was a state trunkline highway running through Lansing,Michigan,in the United States that was commissioned on October 13,1989. It formed a loop route off Interstate 496 (I-496) through downtown near the Michigan State Capitol complex,home of the state legislature and several state departments. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) had labeled it as Capitol Loop I-496 or CL I-496 on some maps,similar to the Business Loop Interstate nomenclature. However,unlike other business loops in Michigan,it had unique reassurance markers—the signs that served as regular reminders of the name and number of the highway. It was known internally at MDOT as Connector 496 for inventory purposes. The route followed a series of one-way and two-way streets through downtown Lansing,directing traffic downtown to the State Capitol and other government buildings. Unlike the other streets downtown,the seven streets comprising the Capitol Loop were under state maintenance and jurisdiction.
Virgil Paul "Virg" Bernero is an American politician and former mayor of Lansing,Michigan,elected on November 8,2005,and re-elected on November 3,2009. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to serving as mayor,Bernero served as a legislative aide,an Ingham County Commissioner and as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives and the Michigan Senate. He was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Michigan in 2010,losing in the November 2 general election to Republican Rick Snyder.
Thomas B. Smith was an American politician from Pennsylvania. A member of the Republican Party,he served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and was the 82nd Mayor of Philadelphia from 1916 until 1920.
Darnell Earley is an American public administrator and municipal manager. Formerly the city manager of Saginaw,Michigan and emergency manager of Flint,Michigan,Earley served as temporary mayor of Flint after the recall of Woodrow Stanley. Earley was appointed emergency manager of the Detroit Public Schools system in January 2015. He resigned that position in February 2016. In January 2021 he was indicted on felony charges regarding the Flint water crisis.
Curtis Hertel Jr. is an American politician who served as a state senator from 2015 to 2023,for the 23rd district in Michigan,representing the Greater Lansing Area.
Brian Roderick Banks is an American politician who served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017. Banks was a candidate for the 2nd District of the Michigan Senate in 2018. He has been convicted of eight felonies related to writing bad checks and credit card fraud.
Andy Schor is an American politician currently serving as the 52nd mayor of Lansing,Michigan. A member of the Democratic Party,Schor was previously a member of the Ingham County Board of Commissioners. He also represented the 68th district in the Michigan House of Representatives,which includes most of the City of Lansing and all of Lansing Township. Schor is the first Jewish mayor of Lansing.
Sumner Howard was an American jurist and politician who served as Chief Justice on the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court,Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives,and Mayor of Prescott,Arizona Territory.
Christopher Taylor is an American attorney and politician who has served as the mayor of Ann Arbor,Michigan since 2014.
An election was held on November 8,2016 to elect all 110 members to Michigan's House of Representatives. The election coincided with elections for other offices,including U.S. President,U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. The primary election was held on August 2,2016.
The government of Richmond,Virginia,headquartered at Richmond City Hall in Downtown Richmond,is organized under the Charter of Richmond,Virginia and provides for a "strong" mayor-council system. The mayor is elected to a four-year term and is responsible for the administration of city government. The Richmond City Council is a unicameral body consisting of nine members,each elected to represent a geographic district. The city of Richmond is located in the 13th Judicial Circuit of Virginia,and its court system consists of a circuit court and four district courts.
A special election for Michigan's 13th congressional district was held on November 6,2018,following the resignation of Democratic U.S. Representative John Conyers.
Joseph J. Leonard was an American political figure who served as Commissioner of the Boston Police Department for 58 days.
Sheldon Andre Neeley is an American politician,currently serving as the Mayor of Flint,Michigan. He was elected as Flint's mayor in 2019 and served an abbreviated three-year term before being re-elected in 2022. Neeley is a registered Democrat and a former state representative in Michigan's 34th House district. He served two complete terms and one partial term in the Michigan House of Representatives between 2015 and 2019. He resigned from his position in the House when he was elected as the Mayor of Flint in 2019. Neeley's wife,Cynthia,was elected to his former seat on March 10,2020. Neeley served two complete terms and one partial term on the Flint City Council between 2005 and 2014,prior to his tenure as Michigan Representative and was the Council's first African-American member to have come from Flint's Sixth Ward.
The 2021 mayoral election in Lansing,Michigan,was held on November 2,2021,to elect the Mayor of Lansing,Michigan. The primary was held on August 3,2021. It had the most crowded field of candidates in any Lansing Election.
Kent Vanderwood is an American politician who is the mayor of Wyoming,Michigan,previously serving as a city council member for four terms from 2006 to 2022. In July 2023 he was charged for his participation in the Trump fake electors plot during the 2020 United States presidential election. As a result,calls for his recall or resignation were advanced. As of 2023,Mayor Vanderwood has said he will not resign.
