State employees may soon meet shorter workweeks
Within the next few weeks, Michigan’s state government workers could have quite a bit of wiggle room in their work schedule, and East Lansing officials are considering similar scheduling changes.
Within the next few weeks, Michigan’s state government workers could have quite a bit of wiggle room in their work schedule, and East Lansing officials are considering similar scheduling changes.
The university and The State News are still at a disagreement when it comes to the public’s right to information after 2 1/2 years.
City Center II became one step closer to becoming a reality when the East Lansing City Council unanimously approved the development agreement for the project at its meeting Tuesday.
After three years of renovation, the Women’s Center of Greater Lansing is larger and better equipped to provide its clients with an array of career and counseling services.
East Lansing residents and students may have to become more cost-conscious consumers, as prices for food and gasoline throughout the nation are increasing by significant amounts.
Throughout the month, local restaurant Crunchy’s is celebrating its state with a Michigan-only menu — featuring cheese from the MSU Dairy Store, along with 27 different Michigan-brewed beers.
Hotel Indigo, an upscale boutique hotel, part of InterContinental Hotels Group, one of the largest hotel groups in the world, has committed to East Lansing’s City Center II project.
About 1,500 East Lansing residents are without power this afternoon after an underground cable fault near the intersection of Albert and Charles streets, said Mark Nixon, spokesman for the Lansing Board of Water & Light.
A burglary that occurred in Spartan Village between 2 p.m. July 4 and 3 p.m. July 5 is currently under investigation, MSU police Lt. Jennifer Brown said.
A request to increase the occupancy of Lou and Harry’s Five Star Deli, 245 Ann St., was deferred by the East Lansing City Council Tuesday in order to give the city staff time to prepare a report on the restaurant’s compliance with special use permit requirements.
Jeff Armstrong sees this week’s Ag Expo at MSU as a chance to spread the word on Michigan’s nearly $64 billion agriculture industry.
Tuesday was a day of both storms and sunshine for Michigan’s economic forecast. General Motors Corp. announced plans to reduce personnel, executive salaries, health care benefits and truck production — a move that will affect thousands of workers. Volkswagen AG also announced it chose Tennessee over Michigan as the location for a new manufacturing plant.
While several aspects of the Avondale Square project were unanimously approved by the East Lansing City Council at its meeting Tuesday, the ordinance to contract rezone 0.55 acres of vacant land was denied by a 3-1 vote.
At this year’s Michigan Agricultural and Equipment Exposition, or Ag Expo, leaders from different MSU Extension county branches came to East Lansing to educate the public on the services they provide in light of the effects the economy has had on their own funding.
A 21-year-old male from Grosse Pointe Woods was sentenced to 20 days in the Ingham County Jail on July 7 for his participation in the Cedar Fest riot.
The city of East Lansing’s 2008 Project Pride event in May collected a record-breaking 49 tons of material, the city announced Tuesday.
Even though their trip to Africa was canceled because of low enrollment, the 12 high school students participating in Explore Africa at MSU are enjoying a week on campus, learning about the culture, geography and history of the continent.
Victims of domestic violence can now be alerted by GPS satellite technology if their abuser is nearby as a result of a new state law, but police and victim advocates are torn on its benefits.
The development agreement for City Center II, two aspects of the Avondale Square project and a modification to Lou and Harry’s Five Star Deli’s special use permit will be among the items discussed by the East Lansing City Council tonight.
Set in a pristine 5,200-acre campus, it’s hard not to think how what you do can affect the environment. But as the rest of the world becomes more environmentally conscious, more of the focus is turning to what research professors at MSU have been doing for years.