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Matt Mencarini

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Reporter at @LSJNews. Chicago (Rogers Park) native. Eamus Catuli.

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  • Could Michigan ag exports hit $3 billion in 2025? Tariffs could make the difference

    1 week ago | lansingstatejournal.com | Matt Mencarini

    Michigan's agricultural exports reached a new high of $2.97 billion in 2024. Canada, Mexico, South Korea, Japan and China have been the five largest international markets for Michigan each of the past three years. LANSING — Last year, Michigan exported nearly $3 billion in agricultural products including cereal, meat, processed foods and animal feed. And in each of the past three years, Canada has been by far the biggest purchaser, buying more than $1.2 billion from the state.

  • Tariffs, inflation worries loom. Lansing developments churning along for now

    1 week ago | lansingstatejournal.com | Matt Mencarini |Ken Palmer

    The 25% steel and aluminum tariffs imposed by the Trump administration are expected to increase building costs. Uncertainty surrounding tariffs, inflation and the economy puts future projects "at higher risk," an economist said. LANSING — Grand Avenue in downtown Lansing, for the next couple years at least, will be the center of much of the area's most significant new developments.

  • BWL: 90% of customers could have power restored by end of Saturday, May 17

    3 weeks ago | lansingstatejournal.com | Matt Mencarini

    The tornado and storm that hit Lansing on Thursday, May 15, knocked down 22 transmission poles, a BWL official said. The Lansing Board of Water & Light hopes to have power restored to at least 90% of its customers by the end of May 17. LANSING — The Lansing Board of Water & Light hoped to have power restored at least 90% of its customers by the end of Saturday, May 17.

  • Did tornado pass through Lansing area? NWS sends survey teams to investigate

    3 weeks ago | lansingstatejournal.com | Matt Mencarini

    The National Weather Service sent survey teams to the Lansing area to determine if a tornado passed through on May 15. The storm included winds that reached 61 mph, the NWS said. LANSING — Survey teams for the National Weather Service are southwest of Lansing to determine whether storms on Thursday, May 15 included a tornado.

  • Is Lansing area turning a corner on drug overdoses, fentanyl crisis?

    3 weeks ago | lansingstatejournal.com | Matt Mencarini

    The CDC reported nationwide decreases in drug deaths from 2023 to 2024, including a 34.8% decrease in Michigan. UM-Health Sparrow, the medical examiner for seven counties that include Lansing's tri-county area, said its coverage area saw lowest number of deaths since it began reporting the data in 2016.

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Matt Mencarini @MattMencarini
24 Oct 24

By one estimate, about 10% of Michigan townships could be without an elected clerk next year. In Michigan, its local clerks who run the election system, which in the past few years has become more involved and faced intense scrutiny. https://t.co/wsm4TvZU3I

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Matt Mencarini @MattMencarini
15 Sep 24

For close to a decade, MSU has maintained it is always revising policies and procedures to improve the way the school responds to sexual assault on campus. Last week was no different. https://t.co/2OGVP5bMmH

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