The Republicans have taken an early lead in the race for the MSU Board of Trustees. With 8 percent of the state's precincts reporting, Republican Melanie Foster has 27 percent and Republican Randall Pittman follows behind with 25 percent of the vote. Democrat Joel Ferguson has 23 percent and Democrat Phil Thompson has 19 percent. Check back with
There are two things you should take into serious consideration before entering the world of Nintendo's "Donkey Konga." First and foremost - check your pride at the door.
Dustan Louque, the parent behind the group Louque, has lived in culturally volatile sectors of the United States for his entire life.
The fate of Michigan and the country still hung in the balance early Wednesday morning. Early ballot counts showed President Bush at an advantage, but exit polling showed Sen.
Michigan voters approved a measure to require voter approval for new forms of gambling on Tuesday. With 35 percent of Michigan counties reporting, support for Proposal 1 had 59 percent of the vote. About 1,252,403 "yes" votes had been counted while about 872,365 "no" votes had been tallied at midnight. Opponents of the measure conceded defeat. "What it shows is that $20 million can buy a spot on the constitution," said Kelly Rossman-McKinney, spokeswoman for Michigan's Vote No on Proposal 1 campaign.
With only a slight lead in the race for Ingham County's 30th Circuit Court judge seat, one candidate wouldn't be resting until she knew. "I'm not going to bed tonight if I don't know," Joyce Draganchuk said while waiting for results with friends at Trippers sports bar, 354 Frandor Ave.
Although tuition rose by more than 10 percent on average at four-year public universities last year, tuition at MSU rose only a fraction of that.
Despite belonging to a demographic known for not caring about elections, student traffic was heavy in East Wilson Hall as crowds lined up Tuesday to cast their ballots. People stood shoulder-to-shoulder - looking at their watches and chatting with one another - leaving barely enough room for others to pass by. It wasn't just students who packed the polls.
To those who went to vote - we salute you. After the long, hard crawl to the polls you didn't wimp out.
Mike Rogers, R-Brighton, will head back to Washington, D.C. after winning over the hearts of Republican and Democratic voters in the 8th District U.S.
There's a surprise inside Jessica Rehling's mailbox - it could be a Broadway musical, last season's hit TV show or a Hollywood hunk. As a subscriber to Netflix online video rental, Rehling is able to pick movies online and have them sent to her home through the mail.
This is getting ridiculous. Crime investigation and forensic science spin-off shows already had gone too far - and now there is another one coming to prime time television in early 2005 - "Law & Order: Trial By Jury." Come on, is NBC for real?
Burmese Americans Rose and Molly Zolianbawi have faced many challenges in their transition to life in the United States. It was a transition from speaking no English to speaking the language as comfortably as their native tongue, and from having no choice under a military dictator to having a right to vote for one American presidential candidate over another.
Detroit - The six large television screens couldn't provide Kerry supporters at the Michigan Democratic Coordinated Campaign election party with any answers at about 9 p.m.
As of 9:23 p.m., the Associated Press reports that Proposal 2 has received 82,560 votes to pass the amendment and 48,412 votes to defeat it with 3 percent of precincts reporting. Proposal 2 is a ballot initiative that, if passed, will amend the state constitution by defining the union of one man and one woman in marriage as the only agreement recognized as a marriage or similar union for any purpose. The bill was rejected by the Michigan Board of State Canvassers earlier this year, but supporters petitioned and managed to place it on the general election ballot.
More than half of Michigan voters chose to amend the state constitution to define the union of one man and one woman in marriage as the only agreement recognized as a marriage or similar union for any purpose. Supporters of Proposal 2 said the new amendment will protect marriage at a time when it is threatened. "The people of Michigan have spoken very strongly and very clearly that they want the institution of marriage to remain only between a man and a woman," said Gary Glenn, the president of the American Family Association of Michigan. "There's no mistaking that tonight." The bill was rejected by the Michigan Board of State Canvassers earlier this year, but supporters petitioned and managed to place it on the general election ballot.
MSU business graduate students are challenging their counterparts at colleges around the country in the battle against communal hunger. MSU Eli Broad Graduate School of Management students launched the ninth annual "MBA Food Fight" on Saturday, which pits 16 master's degree programs in business administration from colleges throughout the United States against each other.
First-time voter Emily Alderman said she had to travel about 75 miles to her hometown in Livonia to vote. She choose to make the trip rather than re-registering to vote in East Lansing. "If you do that, then you usually have to change your driver's license," the education freshman said.
Today is Election Day. YOU can pick the president for the next four years, two trustees to make MSU decisions for the next eight years, a person to represent YOU in the state House and a U.S.