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Mich. Senate tries to replace service tax with surcharge
Businesses may find themselves paying a little extra when the Michigan Business Tax, or MBT, goes into effect in January.
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MSU Entrepreneurship Association creates resource for entrepreneurial hopefuls
As the founder of BD’s Mongolian Barbeque, Billy Downs can be classified as a successful entrepreneur, but he said creating his own restaurant chain required overcoming many hardships.
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MSU Museum could move to downtown E.L.
Conversations have been brewing between city and university officials recently about a proposal that could involve moving the MSU Museum to an off-campus facility.
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Mich. primary date remains in limbo, parties plan contingencies
There is still one more chance to save the life of a potential Jan. 15 presidential primary date in Michigan.
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Hate crimes fall at MSU but Mich. still ranks 3rd
For the third consecutive year, the FBI has ranked Michigan third in the nation for the number of hate crimes, continuing a five-year upward trend of hate-related incidents in the state.
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Ingham County ponders increase in scope of 2002 smoking ban
Ingham County community members were invited to speak out Monday night in a public hearing about the proposed amendment to the existing 2002 smoking ban.
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Organic grows
For Stephanie Schlessman, food is political. Buying pricier local, organic food means more than fresher, tastier apples, the psychology junior said. Because suppliers have to travel shorter distances to stores, buying local also means fewer greenhouse gas emissions.
MICHIGAN
Web site expands statewide job listings
State officials are hopeful a solution to Michigan’s rising jobless rate will be to put job openings within a mouse click’s reach.
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Gas prices may rise
While Shawn Patterson wasn’t heading home for Thanksgiving until today, the mechanical engineering senior made a trip to the gas station a day early.
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Event honors Transgender victims of violent crimes
More than 300 names are remembered at the Transgender Day of Remembrance candlelight vigil, according to Uri Donnett, chairperson of TransAction.
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E.L. Police grow handlebar mustaches, beards until Dec. 4 to celebrate centennial
After East Lansing police Chief Tom Wibert suspended a department policy restricting male officers from growing beards or goatees, Sgt. Andy Bouck researched police officer mustaches from 1907 — the year East Lansing officially became a city.
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MSU unveils distinguished speakers for commencement
This semester’s commencement speakers have no shortage of real-world experience to share with departing MSU students.
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Book buybacks affected by requests of instructors
While students may have difficulty turning in homework and papers on time, professors face a similar challenge every year in submitting paperwork of their own in the form of textbook requests.
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Attempted vehicle theft hits campus
MSU police are investigating an attempted carjacking that occurred near Kedzie Hall between 4:30 and 5:10 p.m. Thursday.
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MSU looks to new options for e-mail
Many students don’t trust the reliability of MSU’s e-mail system, mail.msu.edu. But these criticisms are nothing new to the four-person administrative team in charge of MSU’s webmail.
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Students share cultures at Global Festival
Before Nicole Namy became a co-director for this year’s Global Festival, she participated as an undergraduate with an MSU Arab student organization to showcase her culture.
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Halls decked early in Lansing
Visitors to the Michigan Historical Museum, 702 W. Kalamazoo St., walked into an unexpected winter wonderland Saturday afternoon.
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Students protest bank's funding of coal-fired power plants
MSU student environmentalists brought a message to the streets of East Lansing on Friday: No new coal-fired power plants.
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Groups gather at Capitol to support troops, protest war
The antiwar movement was alive Sunday in Lansing as more than 50 protesters gathered at the state Capitol to urge the government to bring troops home and improve veteran services.
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Recycling facility proposed for 2008
Fisheries and wildlife freshman Dan Myers has three large boxes of newspapers and plastic bottles sitting in his dorm room that he wants to recycle.