The Michigan House of Representatives stayed in session late Thursday night and into Friday morning to pass a bill that could create numerous jobs in the state for MSU education students and save schools across Michigan hundreds of millions of dollars. The legislation will create incentives for older teachers to retire, potentially opening the job market for recent graduates.
Ten teams went head-to-head in a 48-hour filmmaking competition Friday through Sunday to write, produce and edit five-minute movies in the East Lansing Film Festival Spring 48/5 Film Contest. The winning films will be shown as part of the 13th annual East Lansing Film Festival on November 10-18.
For some businesses in downtown East Lansing, students leaving in the summer means a shift in clientele, preempting more local than student-based business. Although East Lansing businesses experience a drastic decrease in student clientele, attracting crowds from the community helps keep businesses steady during the summer months.
When he was ordained in December 2008 after recovering from serious health complications, a pastor in the audience came up and said Jacque McDaniel would one day have his own church. On Tuesday, that proclamation will begin to come true.
For Tim Potter, being around bicycles — fixing them, selling them and riding them — was a big part of growing up in Okemos and his years at MSU. Potter, now the manager of the MSU Bikes Service Center, was part of the East Lansing Bike Co-op in the 1970s and has provided some of his past experience and advice to the newly organized Lansing Bike Co-op leading up to its Spring Launch Party held Wednesday.
East Lansing community members had one of their final chances to ask questions and raise concerns about the city’s 2011 budget at the final community-wide budget forum on Wednesday night at the East Lansing Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road.
The fire that destroyed a building in the Trappers Cove Apartments, 3001 Trappers Cove Trail, in Lansing, is being ruled an accident, Lansing Fire Department Capt. Maggie Murphy said.
With the help of the MSU Product Center for Agricultural and Natural Resources, 11 Michigan cheesemakers will work together to promote and market local artisanal cheeses as the Michigan Cheese Makers Cooperative.
The East Lansing City Clerk’s office will issue and accept applications for absentee voter ballots from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday as the city prepares for Tuesday’s special general election.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm plans to sign the three-bill package to ban texting while driving during a broadcast of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” on Friday in Detroit. The ban will take effect July 1.
The East Lansing City Council discussed a staff recommendation Tuesday to secure up to $3 million in bonds for costs related to the Avondale Square. The Avondale Square project is a 30-home development located on the 600 block of Virginia Avenue.
Detroit attorney Geoffrey Fieger could become the Democratic front-runner in the gubernatorial race if he decides to pursue candidacy. Fieger said Monday he would make a decision about his candidacy by the end of the week and is preferred over the other Democratic candidates, according to a poll of 400 Michigan residents.
(SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St., is accepting images from community members for an upcoming exhibit.
The East Lansing Public Library and the East Lansing Hannah Community Center have teamed up to provide study hotspots for MSU students looking for a quiet study space during finals.
The Michigan Senate passed the final bill Tuesday in a package aimed at banning texting while driving.
The Michigan House of Representatives passed a revamped version of a Senate retirement bill Tuesday that has the potential to create jobs for MSU education students. The original Senate bill, which grants incentives encouraging Michigan public school employees to retire, was passed April 14.
In searching for his life purpose, East Lansing resident Robert Ranger began learning about the mind and consciousness.
East Lansing City Council will discuss a staff recommendation to secure about $2.3 million in bonds for costs related to the Avondale Square project during its Tuesday work session.
A 28-year-old female mandrill — likened to Rafiki in Disney’s “The Lion King” — named Gladys died Wednesday evening at Lansing’s Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S. Pennsylvania Ave. Gladys first arrived at the zoo in 1989 after she was born in Brownsville, Texas, in 1982.
When the Reo Elementary School Rockets come into class Monday, they’ll be writing about something new they see, something “exceptional” — it’s the word of the week. And considering the extent of renovations made by the MSU branch of the Student Michigan Education Association, or SMEA, on Saturday, there will be a wide variety of things from which to choose.