While police hope to crack down on an array of fires lit this NCAA tournament season in college towns across the country, MSU students are uncertain if harsh punishments are appropriate.
Several East Lansing restaurants’ liquor licenses are on the line unless owners pay back personal property taxes as part of a plan decided by East Lansing City Council at its Tuesday work session at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
Students might want to think twice before setting a couch on fire as new legislation kicked in, increasing punishments for arson-related crimes.
Criminal charges aside, many who burn furniture aren’t aware of the health implications the act can have on themselves or the environment. Couches and other furniture contain a host of harmful materials which produce toxic smoke when burned, civil and environmental engineering professor Venkatesh Kodur said.
The East Lansing Police Department has released the name of one of the suspects involved the fires set after MSU’s loss in to Duke in the NCAA Tournament Friday, March 30, according to a press release from the East Lansing Police department.
Several East Lansing restaurants are not being recommended for a liquor license renewal, unless they pay their personal property taxes to the city, according to city documents.
After Gov. Rick Snyder made his budget recommendations for universities, a state House committee released its version — bigger funding allocations and tighter restrictions to hamper tuition increases.
The city of East Lansing’s upcoming discussions centered around its tightened budget might have implications on the city’s spending, not only servicing permanent residents, but MSU students as well.
Whether dead or alive, police and MSU scientists are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to learning the fate of a missing 4-month-old Ludington, Mich., baby — a conclusion they hope to reach with community help.
Since his re-election, President Barack Obama has come through on several issues related to college students, while others still hang in the balance waiting for action.
One individual has been arrested and three others have been ticketed following the series of furniture fires set after MSU’s loss to Duke in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
Despite hundreds of illegal incidents that occurred last year, both East Lansing officials and the MSU student patrons attending bars are happy with the city’s bar scene — something that might bode well for the local liquor establishments hoping to renew their licenses in coming weeks.
Last summer, a former MSU student faced charges for killing 13 Italian greyhound puppies that weighed fewer than 5 pounds.
In the most recent Michigan State of the State Survey, or SOTS, released by MSU’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research, President Barack Obama received higher approval, whereas Gov. Rick Snyder remained at about the same percentile compared to past surveys.
Michigan’s right-to-work law will face some heat in the courts next week after an Ingham County judge ruled Wednesday to hear a case against the controversial legislation.
Before heading out to the bars tonight, take a minute to look at the health benefits, or lack thereof, in some of East Lansing’s specials.
Some East Lansing women might be switching from a night on the town to a day in the city with East Lansing’s Girls’ Day Out on April 13.
Eastpointe, Mich., resident Marquez Cannon pleaded guilty to one count of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree Wednesday afternoon in Mason’s 30th Circuit Court for raping MSU freshman Olivia Pryor.
An Ingham County judge ruled Wednesday morning the state might have broken the law when officials closed the Capitol during controversial right-to-work proceedings in early December, deciding there’s enough of a case to bring the issue before the court next week.
People still are talking about the arguments the U.S. Supreme Court heard for and against same-sex marriage and what it might mean for the future of marriage in the U.S.