The One Book, One Community program has chosen it's material for the 2014 school year, focusing on the topic of the continuing struggle for racial equality.
As the Department of Education investigates MSU’s response to reports of sexual assault and harassment, documents obtained by The State News from a Freedom of Information Act request reveal allegations leveled at the university span over three years and three separate cases. The documents provide a new level of insight into the federal investigations, one of which has not yet concluded close to 33 months after it began.
ANN ARBOR — President Barack Obama spoke at the University of Michigan on Wednesday to rally support for raising the federal minimum wage, a change he said could drive down student loan reliance.In front of hundreds of students, many of whom had camped overnight earlier in the week to receive their admission tickets, Obama addressed what he called a need for fair wages in America.
An alleged sexual assault that was said to have taken place on March 23 is now being said to have been a false report.
A downed power line in Lansing near the East Lansing border caused a large number of power outages for residents Wednesday morning.
The city of East Lansing continues to struggle with an overload of available taxi services operating in the city, and local taxi drivers are starting to speak out.At the East Lansing city council meeting Tuesday night, cab drivers from the East Lansing cab company Shaggin' Wagon Taxi spoke out about the current cab situation, citing too many licensed cab drivers in the city taking away business from them.According to a previous interview with East Lansing city clerk Marie Wicks, there are over 190 licensed taxis with permits in the city.On top of that, there are plenty of other taxi services available that aren't licensed and are just started up by people who want to make some extra money.
An MSU student who was arrested in February on a misdemeanor soliciting prostitution charge has taken a plea agreement, according to court documents.
A recent state subcommittee proposal could cut $500,000 out of MSU’s appropriations because of the university’s involvement with union-building workshops. The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education approved a budget on March 27 that included new language requiring public universities to “not participate in any instructional activity that encourages or discourages union organizing of employees.”
Although many people enrolled for health coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace before the March 31 deadline, those still uninsured, including students, might face financial repercussions.
It finally felt like spring time in lower Michigan, and some MSU students were already breaking out their shorts and T-shirts.
Police have uncovered DNA evidence linking Grand Rapids resident Marquay McCoy to the scene of hospitality business sophomore Dominique Nolff's murder, according to court documents obtained by The State News.
With less than 8 months before midterm elections, the race for Michigan’s 8th congressional district was blown wide open Friday after an unexpected announcement from Republican Rep.
Gov. Snyder signed a package of bills into law March 25 that are expected to boost Michigan’s already-thriving craft beer industry.
Same-sex couples in the state of Michigan who were married last week now will be recognized by the federal government, according to a statement released Friday by U.S.
DNA collected from the scene after the shooting of MSU student Dominique Nolff's indicates the man accused of shooting him was on scene and likely fought with him before he died, according to court documents.
Michigan’s same-sex couples that were married last week will be recognized by the federal government, making them eligible for marriage benefits, according to a statement released by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.
U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., has decided not to seek re-election at the end of his term this year.
T hrowing, ducking, jumping and dodging are all necessary moves for success at an MSU club dodgeball practice.
Nearly a thousand dollars per day are being shoveled into city potholes in an attempt to alleviate a problem which also is costing drivers hundreds of dollars.
When long-time MSU Veterinary Medical Center client Cory Russell trailered her horse Ben to East Lansing from her home in Chelsea, Mich., for surgery, she had little hope he would pull through.“He was (laying) down in the trailer on the ride up there and the vet said to me, ‘Cory, it’s not looking good. I need to warn you,’” she said.