Capital News Service (Michigan) Capital News Service (Michigan) The Capital News Service (CNS) is a wire service based at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. CNS covers the state capital in Lansing for various member papers from September to early May. The circulation of the combined member papers is one of the largest in the state—larger than the "Detroit Free Press". The service is headed by Eric Freedman, a Pulitzer-winning reporter formerly of "The Detroit News". Correspondents are selected from juniors, seniors and master's students in the School of Journalism by an application process. CNS was founded in 1981 by Michigan Journalism Hall
Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area Ionia County was added in 1973, but taken out a decade later for the 1990 Census. The Lansing–East Lansing–Owosso Combined Statistical Area includes the Lansing–East Lansing MSA, plus the Owosso μSA, which includes Shiawassee County. As of the 2010 census, the CSA had a population of 534,684. The Lansing Urban Area, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, which measures the extent of the built environment, had a population of 313,532 as of the 2010 census. Lansing–East Lansing MSA Owosso μSA As of the census of 2010, there were 464,036 people, 183,442 households, and 112,131 families residing within the MSA.