As election officials continued to count votes into Wednesday afternoon from the day before’s primary, some criticized state measures that require ballots thrown out in past elections to be examined more closely. Detroit election officials said a state-mandated program that identifies flawed ballots slowed down the counting of absentee ballots.
MSU President M. Peter McPherson and the MSU Board of Trustees left for Thursday for a three-day retreat at Crystal Mountain Resort in Thompsonville.
Only a man with a soul deeply rooted in both America’s spirit and the sweat and toil of his fellow Americans could, for 30 years, succeed at poignantly capturing the emotions of a changing nation in his lyrics.
A 21-year-old female student crashed her black Honda into the front wall of an East Lansing convenience store about 9:50 p.m.
In the wake of the National Folk Festival, the Lansing community is ready to unveil the Great Lakes Folk Festival.For the past three years, the National Folk Festival called East Lansing home, but the festival has since moved on to Bangor, Maine.
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jennifer Granholm snagged about 20,000 more votes than her GOP opponent, Lt.
On this page yesterday was a column written by my editor, Drew Harmon (“Time to let go of hopes for better things, let apathetic do as they please,” SN 8/7), in which he announced his surrender to the apathy that has devoured this university, this city and this country. The piece was well-written, funny and engaging, and Drew’s point couldn’t have been clearer.
A East Lansing man filed lawsuit against Meridian Township on Wednesday for rejecting a petition to hold a Nov.
Hosting celebrations at restaurants and homes all throughout the Lansing area, the 10 candidates for three judgeships awaited results from Tuesday’s primaries. While attorney James Cavanagh and Michigan Senator Bill Schuette were the clear winners with 97 percent of the 1,628 precincts reporting for the 4th District Court of Appeals primaries, contest for two benches on the 30th Ingham County Circuit Court were much closer.
In November 2000, an 18-year-old East Lansing native drove some 700 miles from her North Carolina college to vote in the presidential election.
After you’ve heard one gangster rapper you’ve heard them all some would think, but that’s not so.
Instead of being a unifier, God stands to divide the United States, at least when it comes to the national motto and the recent Michigan legislation encouraging its placement in state government buildings.
Each of the East Lansing area candidates for the Ingham County Board of Commissioners ran uncontested in Tuesday’s primaries.Of the 16 county districts, candidates in 12 areas ran without opposition.
Lansing - The race for the at-large city council seat was a heated battle Tuesday. But out of the six residents vying for the spot, only two could go onto November. With all ballots counted, Brian Jefferies and Kathy Pelleran emerged as the winners, garnering 27 percent and 25 percent of the vote, respectively. They beat out Robert L.
East Lansing’s primary highlighted moot annexation votes and approval for the sale of the Public Works Building, all of which were near approval by midnight Tuesday night at the end of the election.Voters approved a proposed Meridian Township annexation of two pieces of property with 6,878 votes between the two votes.
I work at the Capitol in Lansing. I watched in pain as Gov. John Engler vetoed revenue sharing July 25.
The intense summer conditioning program is over, and MSU football head coach Bobby Williams lead his squad through its first practice of the 2002 season on Tuesday. Only first-year players were on hand, but the enthusiasm was abundant. “I got the pads wet again and got back out on the field,” freshman tailback David Richard said.
Southfield - It didn’t take a crystal ball to predict what the final results of the Michigan Republican primary for governor would be.
With all ballots counted, Ingham County voters approved a millage increase to maintain the services Capital Area Transportation Authority, 20,316-14,731. While CATA buses driving around advertising “Vote Today” in its electronic route windows, officials hoped people would vote in favor of the proposed five-year millage increase of .82 mills.
East Lansing city officials slammed Gov. John Engler’s revenue sharing and fire-appropriation vetoes that cut 16 percent of the city’s general-fund budget and fire protection funding - totaling $4.6 million. “We have a ‘rainy-day’ fund, but this action by the governor is a monsoon,” City Manager Ted Staton said at a Monday afternoon meeting of the state’s emergency fund that can make up for 10-15 percent of the difference, but only for one year.