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Rhinoceros Media

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Independent public records analysis and investigative journalism for Lansing & mid-Michigan. Reader-supported. No ads. Worker-owned cooperative in-progress. rhinocerosmedia.org

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Rhinoceros Media @rhinocerosmedia.org · 17/09/2026

Here's what the public record shows about the money behind Michigans top republican candidates, John James, Mike Rogers, and Tom Barrett. DeVos, Texas oil, Epstein files... #mipol #Michigan #CampaignFinance #Elections2026 #DarkMoney

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Rhinoceros Media @rhinocerosmedia.org · 15/07/2026

Full Garza comments:

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Rhinoceros Media @rhinocerosmedia.org · 15/07/2026

Full Hussain comments:

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Rhinoceros Media @rhinocerosmedia.org · 15/07/2026

Lansing City Council voted 7-1 to approve the 182-day data center moratorium. 5 of the council members explained their votes...

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Rhinoceros Media @rhinocerosmedia.org · 06/06/2026

Cumulative Growth: Since May 2025, rents increased by 4.0% while average hourly earnings grew by 2.4%.

A dark-theme line chart comparing the cumulative percent change of the Lansing Rent Index (ZORI) and Lansing Average Hourly Earnings from May 2025 to April 2026. Both series start at 0% in May 2025. Rents (blue line) increase steadily to end at +4.0% in April 2026, while wages (green line) end at +2.4%. The area between the lines is shaded red for the final five months, illustrating a widening housing cost deficit.

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Rhinoceros Media @rhinocerosmedia.org · 06/06/2026

Lansing area rent growth compared to average hourly earnings over the past year: Year-over-Year Change Rates: Rent growth outpaced wage growth in nearly every month.

A dark-theme line chart comparing the year-over-year rate of change for the Lansing Rent Index and Lansing Average Hourly Earnings from May 2025 to April 2026. The rent growth rate (blue line) begins at +6.0% and ends at +4.7%. The wage growth rate (green line) starts at +2.2%, rises to a brief peak of +4.9% in October, and drops to +2.6% in April. The area between the lines is shaded red for most of the year, representing a rent growth deficit.

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Rhinoceros Media @rhinocerosmedia.org · 06/06/2026

Cumulative Growth: Between May 2016 and April 2026, rents increased by 72.1% while wages grew by 49.8%.

A dark-theme line chart showing cumulative growth of the Lansing Rent Index and Lansing Average Hourly Earnings from May 2016 to April 2026. Over the ten-year period, rents (blue line) grow by 72.1% while wages (green line) grow by 49.8%. The area between the lines is shaded red, depicting a widening long-term housing cost deficit since 2018.

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Rhinoceros Media @rhinocerosmedia.org · 06/06/2026

📈 Lansing area rent growth compared to average hourly earnings over the past decade: Year-over-Year Change Rates: The annual rate of rent growth exceeded wage growth for the majority of the ten-year period.

A dark-theme line chart comparing ten years of annual change rates for the Lansing Rent Index and Lansing Average Hourly Earnings from May 2016 to April 2026. Rents (blue line) consistently grew at 4% to 12% annually, peaking in early 2022. Wages (green line) fluctuated widely. The chart is shaded mostly red to highlight a persistent annual rent growth deficit, with brief periods of wage growth surplus around 2019 and 2023.

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Rhinoceros Media @rhinocerosmedia.org · 23/05/2026

🟥 Received the current red tag list from the city yesterday, and we'll be taking several different looks at it next week. For now here is an overview and map... 🗺️

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Rhinoceros Media @rhinocerosmedia.org · 18/05/2026

🧵 1/ Part 4 of our Lansing property-tax series. We filed a public records request for the Ingham County assessment roll, then ran the City of Lansing numbers. Lansing's cheapest homes are over-assessed, and the pattern is regressive.

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