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2022 Michigan pride rally to be held at the Capitol
2022 Michigan Pride rally to be held at the capitol on Sunday, June 26 from 12-2 p.m.
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EL Farmer's Market opening day provides shopping, live music and storytelling
Opening day of the East Lansing Farmer's Market’s 2022 season was June 5. The market takes place every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Valley Court Park and runs through Oct. 30.
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East Lansing's evolving downtown skyline the product of changing goals, consumers
Additions like the 12-story Landmark apartment building on Grand River Avenue, the 10-story Graduate Hotel on Evergreen Avenue and the in-progress seven-story Michigan State University Federal Credit Union office building have drastically changed how the city’s downtown looks.
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Planned Parenthood of Michigan launches gender-affirming hormone therapy in Lansing
“We are stepping out and stepping up to more explicitly acknowledge that and meet the needs of our trans and non-binary community members by offering gender-affirming care,” PPMI Director of Gender Affirming Care Halley Crissman said.
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UPDATE: Footage inside Meijer showed VanAtten paying before police shooting
Meijer video footage shows VanAtten buying and paying for food before police shooting. This goes against previous claims made by the ELPD.
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Michigan Court of Claims suspends enforcement of abortion ban
The Michigan Court of Claims Judge Elizabeth Gleicher has suspended the enforcement of MCL 750.14, Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban. This injunction does not overturn the ban, but temporarily bars its enforcement should the U.S. Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling protecting a woman's right to an abortion.
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Mutations of the Omicron COVID-19 variant increasing in Michigan
The Omicron variant is back on the rise just as the majority of students have left for summer vacation.
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Do you know them? ELPD needs help identifying property destruction suspects
ELPD needs help identifying the individuals in the pictures.
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How students can qualify for free internet under new Biden initiative
On Monday, May 10, President Biden announced the implementation of the Affordable Connectivity Program. The program will provide free and reduced-cost internet to qualifying Americans. Here's how you might qualify.
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UPDATE: Missing student, Nicole Kuang, has been found by MSU Police
If you have any information on Kuang's whereabouts, please contact MSUPD at 844-99-MSUPD or tips@police.msu.edu.
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City of East Lansing releases footage from officer-involved shooting at Meijer
Black Lives Matter Lansing released a statement regarding a Black man shot by East Lansing police officers.
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Hundreds gather at Capitol to protest possible abortion ban
The day after Politico reported on a leaked opinion from the Supreme Court that would essentially overturn Roe v. Wade, hundreds of protesters flocked to the Capitol to rally both for and against abortion rights.
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State Rep. Matt Maddock booted from House GOP Caucus
“I don't speak for the caucus, but I think it's quite unfair for him to go after conservative, hardworking Republicans in the House and Senate and target them for pure selfish gain,” State Rep. Beau LaFave said of House colleague Matt Maddock, who was removed from the House GOP Caucus Tuesday night.
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What's coming to downtown EL? Here are five places to look out for next year
However, with vacant lots and spaces come new ventures. The State News has identified five of these new businesses coming downtown that MSU students and other EL residents can look forward to.
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Lansing-area record stores, crate diggers celebrate Record Store Day
Two Lansing-area record stores — The Record Lounge and Flat, Black and Circular — opened their doors to vinyl collectors last Saturday for Record Store Day.
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Person shot by ELPD officers in Lake Lansing Meijer parking lot
Two East Lansing officers shot someone in the parking lot of the Lake Lansing Meijer, according to reports.
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Voting issues ensue at Michigan Republican endorsement convention
Human error in the displaying of candidates on the big screen not matching up with the order they were listed on the second ballot caused confusion among precinct delegates, leading to a pause in voting.
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Michigan Republican Party endorses Karamo, DePerno for state offices
Kristina Karamo and Matthew DePerno received the greatest number of delegates votes, winning the Republican nominations for Secretary of State and Attorney General, respectively.
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'Name a better illusion than the American dream:' Rally for Patrick Lyoya held at Capitol
"Name a better trick than being able to rest in peace while Black in America," Black Lives Matter organizer K.T. Saxon said at the rally for Patrick Lyoya on Thursday. "Better yet, name a better illusion than the American dream.”
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Survivors of Larry Nassar sexual abuse file claims against FBI
Thirteen separate claims are being filed against the FBI by survivors of Nassar’s sexual abuse for the bureau’s failure to investigate the allegations.