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Furlough closes E.L. Library today
The East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, will be closed today for a staff furlough.
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City Council to discuss budget, growing deficit
The East Lansing City Council will begin budget brainstorming Saturday during its weekend retreat as the city faces a deficit that is expected to exceed the current fiscal year’s almost $2 million shortfall.
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Mich. could see new constitution after Nov. vote
Michigan voters will be offered the opportunity to overturn the Michigan constitution in November’s election.
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Visiting professor speaks on climate change at MSU
By the year 2100, the globe is at risk to lose 40 percent of the animal population to extinction, according to Terry Root.
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Students rally to support higher education
Fumiko Sakashita is on her own. Like many other international students at MSU, Sakashita, an American studies doctoral student, looked forward to being a teaching assistant to help pay for continuing her education. However, in light of the recent budget cuts at MSU, her goal seems less likely to pan out.
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Granholm: Restore Mich. Promise
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said during her eighth and final State of the State address Wednesday she will reinstate the Michigan Promise Scholarship in her budget proposal for the 2010-11 fiscal year. In her speech at the Capitol in Lansing, the governor said she will fund the scholarship, restructuring it to keep graduates in Michigan. However, she did not reveal how she plans to fund it.
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E.L. officials seek out federal grant money
People might take issue with the bailout’s billions of dollars, the national deficit and the trillions tied to China, but the city of East Lansing is grabbing at every penny of grant money Washington has to offer.
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Granholm set to host final state address
One week after proposing about $450 million in savings by cutting spending on state employees, term-limited Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm will deliver annual speech tonight at 7 p.m.
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Gubernatorial candidates report campaign finances
Republican candidate Rick Snyder leads all candidates with $3.3 million raised, but $2.6 million of that came from his own pocket. Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox trails Snyder with $1.83 million, while the only announced Democratic candidate, state Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith, D-Salem Township, has raised $36,245.
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Taxi stands return to Albert Avenue after E.L. City Council vote
East Lansing City Council voted to move downtown taxi stands back to their original Albert Avenue location and also created six additional spaces on the street during its Tuesday meeting at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
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Fishing regulation vital for ecosystem
Visit any local grocery store and you’ll find a seemingly endless spread of some of the world’s finest fish, ready for purchase. To the average consumer, the variety and abundance of fish appears to have never been greater — and that’s the problem, said Bill Taylor, an MSU professor of fisheries and wildlife.
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Request for Wales warrant received
The Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office received a request from the East Lansing Police Department for a fugitive warrant for Leo Wales III, Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III said.
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Secretary of State closed for holiday
All Secretary of State offices will be closed in observance of President’s Day on Feb. 15. Driver’s licenses and plates set to expire on Feb. 15 can be renewed the following day without penalty.
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Obama budget plan increases Pell Grant funding
Michigan would receive $1.2 billion in new funding for Pell Grants helping more than 317,600 Michigan students afford college, as part of President Barack Obama proposed budget revealed Monday.
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E.L. police arrest Mississippi fugitive
East Lansing police arrested a man Saturday morning for urinating in public, only to discover he is a fugitive from Mississippi convicted of shooting an Iraq war veteran several times during a robbery.
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Pow Wow of Love to come to Jenison
The North American Indigenous Student Organization, or NAISO, is hosting its 27th annual Pow Wow of Love Feb. 13-14 at Jenison Field House.
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MSU group set to host fundraiser
La Casa, an MSU student group, will be holding a fundraiser all day Friday at Bennigan’s Grill & Tavern, 3950 E. Grand River Ave., in Howell.
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Detroit clerk to run for state office
Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey plans to announce her candidacy for Michigan Secretary of State today.
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Group to hold info meeting for trip
MSU Students Today Leaders Forever, or STLF, will be holding its first Pay-It-Forward tour informational meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the North Case Hall study lounge.
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Painting at the zoo
More than a dozen people were crowded in an octagonal room stuffy with the smell of paint fumes Saturday at Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S. Pennsylvania Ave., in Lansing.