At noon on May 20, a number of local officials gathered at a Lansing fire station to announce their endorsement of Mark Schauer, currently the only democratic challenger to republican Governor Rick Snyder.
Local business owners and economic experts alike have mixed reactions to a state bill that would raise the minimum wage.The bill, recently passed by the state Senate, would raise minimum wage from $7.40 to $9.20 for regular employees and from $2.65 to $3.50 for tipped employees, such as waitresses and bartenders.
Farmers and agriculture officials testified before the Michigan Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday about recent changes to Michigan’s Right to Farm Act, which previously protected urban farmers’ livestock from being considered nuisances.
East Lansing’s city streets were packed this weekend, not by the usual traffic of cars and buses, but by citizens, vendors and a lot of art.
On Thursday, the Senate moved forward on legislation that would increase Michigan’s minimum wage but also would circumvent a potential decision from voters.
On Thursday the Michigan Senate approved legislation that would
When the last police car pulled away and the pouring rain subsided Monday afternoon, two were dead and a community was left with more questions than answers.
Ricard Walter Taylor was arraigned on multiple counts Wednesday afternoon in 54-B district court in East Lansing.
Two bills introduced in the state Senate on May 1 would, if passed, criminalize “revenge porn,” or the posting of sexually-explicit photos to the internet without the consent of the subject and with the intent to “frighten, intimidate, or harass.”
The shelter experienced snowstorms on free cat adoption days and had to cancel its mobile adoption events, resulting in slower adoption than normal during the winter months.
The East Lansing fiscal year 2015 budget is on schedule for a vote by city council after the city council work session on Tuesday. The budget proposal will go to the city council meeting for a vote on May 20.
The sidewalk sale is a week-long event where local businesses are able to set up merchandise from their store on the sidewalk.
Two shootings ended in two deaths and one arrest in Lansing and East Lansing Monday.
On May 5, East Lansing began accepting applications for a new series of art installations for the downtown area — where students and residents will lock up their bikes.
From afar, the crimson red floral markings along the streets of East Lansing could be mistaken for expansive splatters of blood. Instead, they are a series of installations from artist Imran Qureshi.
On wednesday the Lansing Board of Water and Light (BWL) have decided to hire an emergency manager to improve the emergency preparedness of the city.
On May 6, the courtroom where East Lansing's city council meetings are held was filled with citizens 55 years and older.
The strong-arm robbery occurred on Albert Ave. at approximately 1:50 a.m on Sunday morning and resulted in hospitalization for the victim, police said.
Ineffective emergency management practices at the Lansing Board of Water and Light lengthened the power restoration process following the December ice storm outages by at least two to three days, a team investigating the public utility's response found.
Nutritional sciences sophomore Jared Scott Dubay was convicted of assembling to riot and remaining within 300 feet of a fire, charges punishable by up to 90 days in jail.