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Remote work popular 3 years after COVID-19 forced workers online

By Ashley Zhou and Jack Armstrong | January 3, 2023

In 2020, workplaces across the country went online after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Employees were patched together by networks of phone calls, texts, virtual meetings and online messaging. More than two and a half years later, remote work remains a staple of the modern workplace. What began as a necessity has slowly become a popular choice — one that some still favor over in-person work.

According to the Pew Research Center, 61% of U.S. workers work from home because they prefer it, not because their workplace is closed. This data was taken from a sample of nearly 6,000 Americans, and this trend is reflected in Ingham County.

No bond for suspects in 2018 slaying of Bath Township hunter

Thomas Olson, left, and Robert Rodway

Two Lansing-area men accused of the 2018 killing of a hunter in Bath Township were denied bond in a hearing Jan. 31.

Thomas Olson, of Grand Blanc Township, and Robert Rodway, of St. Johns, both 34, face murder and robbery charges in the death of Chong Moua Yang. Yang, 68, of Lansing, was found fatally shot in the Rose Lake Wildlife Area of Bath Township in November 2018, where he frequently hunted.

Anti-LGBTQ+ policies spark talk about protecting safe spaces

In addition to climbing suicide rates, the LGBTQ+ community faces disparities regarding the law. Student-led organizations offer safe spaces for queer youth on Michigan State University’s campus.

Starbucks workers continue push to unionize

Workers have successfully unionized at more than 260 locations in the United States, but union advocates say Starbucks is engaging in unfair and illegal union-busting tactics to stop the movement.

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Obama visits Detroit for the Democratic Get-out-the-vote rally

Former President Barack Obama stopped at Renaissance High School in Detroit this past weekend for a limited national tour to support democratic candidates up and down the ballot. More than three thousand Michiganders attended the event.

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Can airlines fix their antiquated accessibility procedures?

WHEELCHAIRS ON PLANES: Airline travel has its hassles, but the experience can be harrowing for wheelchair users. Possible ways to allow passengers to travel using their own chairs are getting a renewed look. We talk to a Lansing disability advocate who travels by plane, a University of Michigan transportation researcher and the International Air Transport Association. By Samuel Blatchford. FOR LANSING CITY PULSE, GRAND RAPIDS BUSINESS AND ALL POINTS.

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  • Michigan experiences spike in calls to mental health hotline 

    By JADEN BEARDCapital News Service LANSING – The state is experiencing a surge in calls to 988, its mental crisis hotline, a trend that’s been occurring since it launched in July, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.  Marianne Huff, the president and CEO of the Mental Health Association in Michigan, says the growing number of calls for help are an ongoing result of the pandemic – particularly affecting adolescents and young adults.  The association conducted a series of screenings from 2019-21 to identify potential mental health conditions.  Huff said that the young people and children who were screened scored at higher, more severe levels than other age groups who underwent screening. According to the association, 30% of the participants screening 2022 were experiencing symptoms of depression, 19.4% were experiencing symptoms of bipolar disorder and 18.28% were experiencing symptoms of anxiety.  “COVID was traumatic because of the fact that we didn't know anything about this virus.

  • Toxic hotspot builds nontoxic community engagement

    By MOLLY WRIGHTCapital News Service LANSING – In October 1969, the Rouge River in Detroit caught fire — but conservation efforts took longer to ignite.  Urban-industrial rivers like the Rouge, whose banks have served industry since the 1880s, have been historically regarded as necessary sacrifices to make industrial and economic progress.  “Flames from the blaze, fed by oil-soaked debris on the north bank of the river and oil, which had spilled from a Shell Oil Co. storage depot on the south bank, rose over 50 feet high, according to a Detroit fireman,” the Detroit Free Press wrote the day after the fire.

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Monica Schafer wins new Ingham district by 18 votes

Republican candidate Monica Schafer is the newly elected Ingham County District 15 commissioner with 5,078 votes, just 18 votes over Democratic candidate Brooke Locke. “Especially in such a close race, I feel very honored that I was chosen to represent District 15,” Schafer said. “It is big shoes to fill, … but I will work hard to fulfill those shoes to make sure that the district is taken care of in the same care, the same compassion and the same timeliness.”

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