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.
Michigan State University is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing,Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan,the first of its kind in the United States. After the introduction of the Morrill Act in 1862,the state designated the college a land-grant institution in 1863,making it the first of the land-grant colleges in the United States. The college became coeducational in 1870. Today,Michigan State has rapidly expanded its footprint across the state of Michigan with facilities all across the state and one of the largest collegiate alumni networks with 634,000 members.
Paul Francis Pelosi is an American businessman who owns and operates Financial Leasing Services,Inc.,a San Francisco–based real estate and venture capital investment and consulting firm. He was the owner of the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League. He is married to Nancy Pelosi,the 52nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
The Diocese of Lansing is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory –or diocese –of the Catholic Church located in the south-central portion of Michigan in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of metropolitan Archdiocese of Detroit.
WILX-TV is a television station licensed to Onondaga,Michigan,United States,serving as the NBC affiliate for the Lansing area. Owned by Gray Television,the station maintains studios on American Road in Lansing,and its transmitter is located in Onondaga. It is also rebroadcast on WLNM-LD in the immediate Lansing area.
Gretchen Esther Whitmer is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 49th governor of Michigan since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,she served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006 and in the Michigan Senate from 2006 to 2015.
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.
Malik Devon McDowell is an American football defensive tackle who is a free agent. After playing college football for Michigan State,he was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the second round of the 2017 NFL Draft. He sustained injuries from an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) accident shortly after being drafted and never played in a game for the Seahawks. His career was further complicated by a legal issue which ultimately resulted in him being sentenced to prison for 11 months in November 2019. In 2021,McDowell returned to the NFL and played for the Cleveland Browns that year.
Elissa Blair Slotkin is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 7th congressional district since 2019. The district,numbered as the 8th district from 2019 to 2023,is based in Lansing and stretches into Detroit's outer western suburbs.
The USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal relates to the sexual abuse of hundreds of gymnasts—primarily minors—over two decades in the United States,starting in the 1990s. It is considered the largest sexual abuse scandal in sports history.
Lawrence Gerard Nassar is an American serial child rapist and former family medicine physician. For 18 years,he was the team doctor of the United States women's national gymnastics team,where he used his position to exploit and sexually assault hundreds of young athletes.
Richard Friske was a Michigan politician.
The movement to decriminalize psilocybin in the United States began in 2019 with Denver,Colorado,becoming the first city to decriminalize psilocybin in May of that year. The cities of Oakland and Santa Cruz,California,decriminalized psilocybin in June 2019 and January 2020,respectively. Washington,D.C.,followed soon in November 2020,as did Somerville,Massachusetts,in January 2021,and then the neighboring Cambridge and Northampton in February 2021 and March 2021,respectively. Seattle,Washington,became the largest U.S. city on the growing list in October 2021. Detroit,Michigan,followed in November 2021.
Michigan's 106th House of Representatives district is a legislative district within the Michigan House of Representatives located in parts of Cheboygan and Oscoda counties,as well as all of Alcona,Alpena,Montmorency,and Presque Isle counties. The district was created in 1965,when the Michigan House of Representatives district naming scheme changed from a county-based system to a numerical one.
Michigan's 107th House of Representatives district is a legislative district within the Michigan House of Representatives located in parts of Cheboygan,Chippewa,and Mackinac counties,as well as all of Charlevoix and Emmet counties. The district was created in 1965,when the Michigan House of Representatives district naming scheme changed from a county-based system to a numerical one.
On October 8,2020,the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the arrests of 13 men suspected of orchestrating a domestic terror plot to kidnap American politician Gretchen Whitmer,the Governor of Michigan,and otherwise using violence to overthrow the state government. Some have labeled the attempt as an example of stochastic terrorism,where violent rhetoric by prominent figures inspired the plot.
On January 6,2021,the United States Capitol Building in Washington,D.C.,was attacked by a mob of supporters of then-U.S. president Donald Trump,two months after his defeat in the 2020 presidential election. They sought to keep Trump in power by occupying the Capitol and preventing a joint session of Congress counting the Electoral College votes to formalize the victory of President-elect Joe Biden. The attack was ultimately unsuccessful in preventing the certification of the election results. According to the bipartisan House select committee that investigated the incident,the attack was the culmination of a seven-part plan by Trump to overturn the election. Within 36 hours,five people died:one was shot by Capitol Police,another died of a drug overdose,and three died of natural causes,including a police officer. Many people were injured,including 174 police officers. Four officers who responded to the attack died by suicide within seven months. Damages caused by attackers exceeded $2.7 million.
The January 6 United States Capitol attack was followed by political,legal,and social repercussions. The second impeachment of Donald Trump,who was charged for incitement of insurrection for his conduct,occurred on January 13. At the same time,Cabinet officials were pressured to invoke the 25th Amendment for removing Trump from office. Trump was subsequently acquitted in the Senate trial,which was held in February after Trump had already left office. The result was a 57–43 vote in favor of conviction,with every Democrat and seven Republicans voting to convict,but two-thirds of the Senate are required to convict. Many in the Trump administration resigned. Several large companies announced they were halting all political donations,and others have suspended funding the lawmakers who had objected to certifying Electoral College results. A bill was introduced to form an independent commission,similar to the 9/11 Commission,to investigate the events surrounding the attack;it passed the House but was blocked by Republicans in the Senate. The House then approved a House "select committee" to investigate the attack. In June,the Senate released the results of its own investigation of the attack. The event led to strong criticism of law enforcement agencies. Leading figures within the United States Capitol Police resigned. A large-scale criminal investigation was undertaken,with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) opening more than 1,200 case files. Federal law enforcement undertook a nationwide manhunt for the perpetrators,with arrests and indictments following within days. Over 890 people had been found guilty of federal crimes.
Kysre Rae Gondrezick is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She has previously played for the WNBA's Indiana Fever.
Angela Rigas is an American politician from Michigan. A member of the Republican Party,she was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in the 2022 election from the 79th district,and took office in 2023. After the 2020 presidential election,Rigas denied the election result and took part in the rally that preceded the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
