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MICHIGAN

Online ballots continue to amplify voter participation

Although there are almost three weeks left until Michigan's Democratic caucus, officials already are predicting that voter participation might be the largest in recent years. As of Thursday, the Michigan Democratic Party had processed about 23,000 applications to vote by mail or online, according to Mark Brewer, executive chair of the party. Brewer said the number of applications already has exceeded the total amount of votes in three of the past five Democratic caucuses.

MICHIGAN

E.L. City Council to meet with 'U'

Don Jordan
January 20, 2004

The East Lansing City Council will hold one of its bimonthly meetings on campus tonight, offering students an opportunity to voice their concerns to city officials. The event, held three times a year at the beginning of semesters, will begin at 7:30 p.m.

MICHIGAN

Granholm: More cuts for next fiscal year

Alessa Thomas
January 15, 2004

Lansing - Gov. Jennifer Granholm said there will be no further cuts for the remainder of the fiscal year, but her outlook for next year is grim. The governor, along with state Treasurer Jay Rising, held a press conference Wednesday that addressed state revenue estimates for fiscal year 2004-05. "My guess is that this is the smallest budget in decades," Granholm said.

MICHIGAN

Robbery suspect caught

Sarah Mcevilly
January 15, 2004

A man unaffiliated with MSU attempted an armed robbery against two Emmons Hall residents Tuesday night. Lansing resident Deandre Deshone Hudson, 18, spent Tuesday evening harassing students throughout the building, looking for drugs and money, police said.

MICHIGAN

Capitol celebrates 125 years

Michigan's political leaders gathered on the Capitol's glass floor Wednesday afternoon to officially ring in the 125th anniversary of the state's Capitol building.

MICHIGAN

Restaurant offers new option for Asian cuisine

A newly opened restaurant is flavoring downtown East Lansing with an authentic taste of Asian cuisine, but it will have to survive a location that has housed at least five different restaurants in the past decade.

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Task force to reopen cold cases

Sarah Mcevilly
January 14, 2004

A few forgotten homicide cases in Ingham County are getting a second chance at justice. Officials from the Ingham County sheriff's office are planning to re-investigate eight unsolved area homicides, or cold cases. The first case Ingham County Sheriff's Office officials plan to reopen is the 1986 murder of Bonnie Van Valkenburg.

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CATA makes improvements

As January temperatures dip into the teens and lower, students are increasingly huddling around the blue and green bus stop signs. The Capital Area Transportation Authority has made several tweaks to local service as the new year begins. This semester, it will be a shorter wait for students taking the bus to class from the commuter lot on the south side of campus.