October 29, 2025

The New Citizens Press

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Next Edition will Feature 2010’s Best, Brightest and Most Beautiful… TNCP Catches Up With 2005 Honoree Conrad Tatnall

Rina Risper02 mins

 

Conrad L. Tatnall is currently a staff attorney in the Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR), Office of General Counsel.  

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Detroit Community Mourning After Police Kill Little Girl

Rina Risper013 mins

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DETROIT, MI  (FinalCall.com) – Facing one of its darkest days, the Stanley-Jones family along with the city gathered to say a final goodbye to seven-year-old year Aiyana Stanley-Jones who was shot and killed while sleeping on a sofa in the living room of her family’s home.

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me2u – 9-10 – To Do

Rina Risper07 mins

 
It was crazy. The words ‘there is nothing to do in Lansing’ were echoing in my head. As time goes on my mind has a tendency to implode when I hear this statement. On a recent Saturday, I knew of so many things that were going on that I felt overwhelmed.

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Retire Smart: Economist’s Report Points to Best Job Opportunities for 50-plus Americans

Rina Risper07 mins

By Mark Miller
Tribune Media Services
 
 The debate over the future of Social Security will heat up this month when Washington policymakers convene for two major events focused on reducing the federal deficit. 
 
Deficit hawks will be peddling the argument that Social Security is careening toward insolvency, and that benefits should be cut because the government can’t afford its obligations to the program.
 
So, is Social Security headed for insolvency? And, is it causing our budget deficit?

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Big Things to Come in Smaller Cities

Rina Risper05 mins

By Bob Robinson

 
When I moved to mid-Michigan 35 years ago, there were more than 40,000 manufacturing jobs in the area.  Now there are less than 10,000 or 12,000.  The loss of industrial and manufacturing jobs throughout the state has left people fleeing Michigan cities, leaving behind abandoned and over-built infrastructures. 

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me2u – 9-9 – Choices

Rina Risper08 mins

I liked the color purple before there was a movie, a book or some guy prancing around on stage. I like rap, country, classical, jazz and rock-n-roll. I read non-fiction. I am attracted to women with curves. I like my steak medium-rare.

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Smith withdraws from Governor’s race

Rina Risper02 mins

YPSILANTI, MI – State Representative Alma Wheeler Smith (D-Salem) today announced that she has ended her campaign to be Michigan’s next Governor.

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Local Organization Readies Students to Vote

Rina Risper06 mins

 Teresa Tran, National Honor Society student at Eastern High School volunteered to help classmates register to vote.  Deedre Williams, member of A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI), a non-profit “Get-Out-The-Vote” voter education organization, facilitated the registration and Bruce Utter from the City of Lansing’s Clerks Office assisted with questions about the voting machines.

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As I See It – 9-8 – QP Voices: Enquiring Minds Wanted to Know

Rina Risper07 mins

 

 
By Mary Sanchez
Tribune Media Services
 
It’s a pity to say, but the reporters who worked on one of the most explosive journalistic investigations this year don’t have a ghost of a chance for recognition by the Pulitzer Prize committee. Why? Because they work for the National Enquirer.

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