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Passengers increase at Lansing airport
Lansing's Capital City Airport, Michigan's fourth largest passenger airport, has seen a steady increase in travelers since September.
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Four new businesses open in Old Town
Lansing's Old Town becomes slightly newer with four businesses opening their doors today. Lansing Mayor David Hollister will welcome the stores with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 2 p.m.
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Basketball program seeks 'U' student
About 300 Lansing children are expected to shoot hoops in January, and Lansing police officials are looking for an MSU student to be in charge.Lansing police Capt.
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Whitmer accepts appropriations post
Entering her second term as East Lansing's state representative, Democrat Gretchen Whitmer was named House Appropriations Committee vice chairwoman Tuesday.Chosen by House Democratic Leader-elect Dianne Byrum, Whitmer will serve for the 2003-04 session.
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Professors share names, poetry
A pair of MSU professors share the same name and a penchant for poetry.Both professors are named Richard Thomas.
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Council to recognize academy graduates
East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows, Councilmember Beverly Baten and 20 other East Lansing residents will be recognized today for spending 50 hours performing traffic stops, shooting firearms and driving police cars.
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Secretary of State-elect Land sets goals, team
Doctors, lawyers and pollsters will make up Secretary of State-elect Terri Lynn Land's advisory committee and transition team. Land announced Monday she would be working with a nine-member advisory committee and the transition team, along with the current Secretary of State Office to ensure a smooth transition. With a fluid transition, Land says, her goals for the office could be completed.
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New leaders elected to city hospitality council
After steering East Lansing bars and restaurants toward responsible service for four years, Joe Bell is ready to let some "fresh blood" take the lead. Bell, the co-director and one of the creators of the Responsible Hospitality Council, has handed over his leadership to two new leaders. "One of my main concerns is that I might have been getting stale," said Bell, the owner of The Peanut Barrel Restaurant, 521 E.
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MADD event brings awareness
Lansing - As Maria Ptacin listened to Barbara Workman share the story of her husband's death, she remembered just five years ago when she too shared her loss.
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Staples sets new selling trend
In a move that environmental awareness groups hail as victory, office supply chain Staples Inc. announced plans last week to move toward selling environmentally friendly paper products. Staples announced new guidelines in which the company will attempt to average 30 percent post-consumer recycled content in all paper products, phase out purchases of paper products from endangered forests and create an environmental affairs division to report on the new guidelines' results.
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Area school starts recycling
Highlighting the importance of reducing and reusing wasteful materials, a Lansing elementary school celebrated America Recycles Day last week. Wainwright Elementary School, 4200 Wainwright Ave.
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Peters considers seeking recount
Although Mike Cox woke up Nov. 6 as Michigan's next attorney general, his opponent says it just might have been a dream. Cox, a Republican who's the deputy chief of the homicide unit of the Office of Prosecuting Attorney in Wayne County, unofficially has 1,497,434 votes compared to Sen.
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Mothers to campaign for drunken driving awareness
Women's basketball coach Joanne P. McCallie will join the local Mothers Against Drunk Driving organization for the kickoff of "Tie One On For Safety." The 16th annual red ribbon campaign will begin at 10 a.m.
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Year-end housing initiative launched
A year-end fund-raising campaign to strengthen the initiative of providing quality and affordable housing was launched by the Greater Lansing Housing Coalition today in Lansing. The housing coalition, a nonprofit housing developer, will top off its campaign with a free holiday open house at two of its restored Lansing historic homes from 4:30-6:30 p.m.
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House increases funds for merit scholarships despite rising deficit
In the midst of budget woes, things began to look up for college students this week when the House passed a supplemental bill that approved spending an additional $9 million on merit award scholarships.The measure, approved 101-3 by the House Wednesday, is a response to what state officials say was an overwhelming number of Michigan Merit Award recipients.
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New mall adds movie theater
Lansing Twp. - There is one more place to go to take a break from an afternoon of consumerism at the new Eastwood Towne Center.Shuffled behind J.
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Parking might replace station
Nearly 1,700 parking spots could replace the Michigan State Police Building on campus if a plan for a police headquarters building in Lansing is approved in upcoming months.
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Lansing Recycling program begins
America Recycles Day and Lansing's Public Service Department will kick off a student recycling program at 9:15 a.m.
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Gap in governor race debated
In mid-September, Democratic Attorney General Jennifer Granholm led Republican Lt. Gov. Dick Posthumus in polls by 12 percentage points.
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East Lansing fire officials look into string of recent motel fires
After three fires in the past month at Ramada Inn, East Lansing fire officials say they have ruled out all explanations except human causes for the latest blaze.But it remains unknown if the last two fires, which occurred on Thursday and Sunday, were the result of foul play, said East Lansing Fire Marshall Bob Pratt.