With less than a week until Michigan’s 30-day budget extension expires, Gov. Jennifer Granholm still is reviewing six controversial budget bills the Senate sent her this month. Despite the holdup, Megan Brown, a spokeswoman for the governor, said Granholm will sign the bills and avoid a government shutdown.
It’s 1967, and Detroit is crumbling to the ground. Race riots have torn the city apart as vandals smash windows and thieves fend for themselves among the unwatched stores. The riots arose from a storm of integration, which pushed tensions among races to volatile levels.
This holiday season, MSU students and East Lansing residents can look forward to an increase in seasonal retail employment opportunities due to an economy slowly limping its way out of a recession.
The future of Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S. Pennsylvania Ave., in Lansing, now is available to be viewed by the public.
MSU students who prefer biking to driving can attend public meetings Nov. 4 and 5 in Lansing, where a walking-biking concept plan for the city of Lansing will be presented. Viewers will have the chance to comment on the plan.
East Lansing residents can look forward to several opportunities for Halloween events on Thursday.
Supporters of the College of Music’s music therapy program called for an external investigation into the program’s recommended elimination Tuesday, challenging administrators’ claims that no alternatives could prevent the program’s demise.
Chris Schmidt is on a budget for Halloween this year. He has been unemployed for 18 months during the past three years, along with his wife, Heather. “Basically we’re limited, with all of our children, on what they’re going to be able to do for Halloween,” Schmidt said.
MSU students typically have approached off-year elections with a collective shrug of their shoulders, and city officials don’t expect a large change in the Nov. 3 elections a week from today.
Drivers should try to avoid the intersection of Saginaw Street and Sabron Drive today and Wednesday. A crew will be improving water work at the intersection between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. both days.
East Lansing opened its temporary recycling drop-off site last week at Patriarch Park, located on Alton Road between Saginaw Highway and Burcham Drive.
After a summer of renovations, Owen Graduate Hall will hold an open house beginning at 2:30 p.m. today.
An East Lansing task force will present some solutions to congestion downtown because of cabs at the East Lansing City Council’s 7 p.m. work session tonight at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
William Davis, the director of the United Nations Information Center in Washington, D.C., brought international issues closer to East Lansing with his visit to campus Monday.
A group of researchers, including an MSU professor, warn studies predicting the world’s natural forests will be almost gone before the end of the century might become reality unless countries change how carbon is credited.
Michigan residents who use medicinal marijuana won’t have to worry about federal consequences after an announcement by the United States Department of Justice last week.
Surrounded by several nude body moldings, Larry Kirkwood said his artistic goal is to portray beauty in all of its forms.
During the month of November, the East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, will offer a variety of educational opportunities for students and East Lansing residents, and there are several events that will be held next week.
Comedian Robin Williams is scheduled to take the stage at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Auditorium as part of his Weapons of Self Destruction tour.
William Davis, director of the United Nations Information Office in Washington, D.C., will be on campus today to discuss the relationship between the U.S. and the U.N. with university officials and students.