Amid a staggering $1.2 trillion in student loan debt, federal legislators have proposed plans to lower interest rates in hopes of slowing the ever-accruing debt problem.
On May 20, the East Lansing City Council green-lit a project to redevelop the Trowbridge Plaza to the south-west of campus, at a considerably smaller scope than originally proposed.
The restaurant is an effort to deviate from the pub-style atmosphere that characterizes much of East Lansing cuisine.
On the third Wednesday in May, cyclists around the globe gather at local Ride of Silence events to honor people who have been injured or killed while cycling.
CRMC is one of the largest rental companies in East Lansing and deals mainly with MSU students.
A healthy number of residents and local groups came out in vehement opposition to hydraulic fracturing in Michigan at HopCat on Tuesday evening in an event dubbed “No Fr@cking Way.”
On Tuesday, the East Lansing City Council passed the budget for fiscal year 2015, as well as three plans for infrastructure repair.
Community Resource Management Company, or CRMC, sent out an email to its residents Tuesday announcing their president, David Olson, had "been relieved of all responsibilities at CRMC."CRMC is one of the largest rental companies in East Lansing
At noon on May 20, a number of local officials gathered at a Lansing fire station to announce their endorsement of Mark Schauer, currently the only democratic challenger to republican Governor Rick Snyder.
Local business owners and economic experts alike have mixed reactions to a state bill that would raise the minimum wage.The bill, recently passed by the state Senate, would raise minimum wage from $7.40 to $9.20 for regular employees and from $2.65 to $3.50 for tipped employees, such as waitresses and bartenders.
Farmers and agriculture officials testified before the Michigan Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday about recent changes to Michigan’s Right to Farm Act, which previously protected urban farmers’ livestock from being considered nuisances.
With more than 180 artists in attendance, the East Lansing Art Festival helps many artists to get their name and craft out to the public. And that’s the specific goal for the “New and Emerging” artists tent, where seven artists show off their craft and promote their name.
East Lansing’s city streets were packed this weekend, not by the usual traffic of cars and buses, but by citizens, vendors and a lot of art.
On Thursday, the Senate moved forward on legislation that would increase Michigan’s minimum wage but also would circumvent a potential decision from voters.
On Thursday the Michigan Senate approved legislation that would
When the last police car pulled away and the pouring rain subsided Monday afternoon, two were dead and a community was left with more questions than answers.
Ricard Walter Taylor was arraigned on multiple counts Wednesday afternoon in 54-B district court in East Lansing.
Two bills introduced in the state Senate on May 1 would, if passed, criminalize “revenge porn,” or the posting of sexually-explicit photos to the internet without the consent of the subject and with the intent to “frighten, intimidate, or harass.”
The shelter experienced snowstorms on free cat adoption days and had to cancel its mobile adoption events, resulting in slower adoption than normal during the winter months.
The East Lansing fiscal year 2015 budget is on schedule for a vote by city council after the city council work session on Tuesday. The budget proposal will go to the city council meeting for a vote on May 20.