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Longboarders face bike lane penalty
Longboarders are constantly battling the busy sidewalk traffic for a place to ride on campus during the busiest times of the day.
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LCC evacuated after false alarm gunman spotted
Lansing Community College had a brief evacuation Monday morning after they received a call which someone saw what looked to be a gun being brought into the college presidents house carrying what looked like a backpack with a gun sticking out of the top.
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Petition aims for marijuana ordinance on E.L. ballot
With last year's decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana on personal property in Lansing, some have begun to see the possibility of further policy changes to follow in East Lansing.
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More than $167K allocated to East Lansing for special winter road maintenance
After a harsh winter depleted funding geared toward road maintenance, a $167,343.76 special appropriation is expected to help offset the cost of necessary road repairs.
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Red Cedar River drainage dispute prompts lawsuit against Lansing
The owner of a Lansing-area shopping center is taking the city of Lansing to court over allegations that city officials are using a proposed drainage project to underwrite construction costs on a private development on the Red Cedar Golf Course property.Brought against the city by Lansing Retail Center LLC, which owns Frandor Shopping Center, the lawsuit claims a proposed drainage project will make the Red Cedar Golf Course viable for construction using taxpayer dollars from a proposed special drainage assessment.
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Attorney General moves to expedite same sex marriage appeal
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette moved to quicken an appeal against a federal judge’s ruling on Michigan’s gay marriage ban by filing to expedite it.
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Annual antique book show highlights heritage in books
History freshman Jacob Mccormick fingered through a bin of local antique pamphlets and at the Michigan Antiquarian Book and Paper Show at the Lansing Center on Sunday and picked a light blue program to add to his collection.
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Dreams beyond the plate
For some, working at Brody Square might not exactly be a dream job.
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Residents have until Monday for ice storm debris removal
Residents have until Monday to bring all ice storm debris to the curb for removal as is, with some residents struggling to meet the deadline.
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Lansing hosts celebration of Sparty creator
Many students would admit they’ve taken a selfie with the Sparty at the intersection of Kalamazoo Street and Chestnut Road.
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One Book, One Community addresses racial equality issues
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.
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Student claimed MSU retaliated against her for reported assault
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.
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Obama: Higher wages would help students
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.
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Police: Reported assault was false
An alleged sexual assault that was said to have taken place on March 23 is now being said to have been a false report.
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Downed power line causes some outages
A downed power line in Lansing near the East Lansing border caused a large number of power outages for residents Wednesday morning.
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Local taxi drivers speak out at city council meeting
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.
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Student pleads guilty to charge of soliciting sex in Wonders Hall
An MSU student who was arrested in February on a misdemeanor soliciting prostitution charge has taken a plea agreement, according to court documents.
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MSU could lose $500k for union affiliation
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.”
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Signup deadline for Insurance Marketplace passed Monday
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.
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Spring excites students, but temps expected to dip
It finally felt like spring time in lower Michigan, and some MSU students were already breaking out their shorts and T-shirts.