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CATA to increase pass fares for fall
Capital Area Transportation Authority rates will increase for the fall semester in the
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State terrorism laws to take effect Monday
A package of bills designed to fight terrorism will officially become law Monday. The package defines the crime of terrorism in Michigan and sets penalties for any person involved, whether committing the crime, aiding the crime or impeding a law enforcement officer. State Sen.
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Health center may get funds
The Otto Community Health Center funding may now be restored, five months after the money was cut. An additional $24 million is included in the 2002-03 School Aid budget to fund Otto and 27 other Adolescent Health Program services.
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Weekend events round out Black Greek Week
Black Greek Week commences this weekend. The Black Greek Unity Party will be held at 9 p.m. Friday at IM Sports-West.
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Businesses struggle with E.L. taxes
An East Lansing discussion of taxes and restaurant licenses has raised the question over the role of independent businesses in the city. During Tuesday’s city council meeting, council members discussed the possible denial of license renewal for six local businesses because of taxes delinquent as of last week. Since then, the list has dropped to three businesses - Domino’s Pizza, 966 Trowbridge Road; Famous Taco, 901 Trowbridge Road; and Sidestreet Deli of East Lansing, 605 E.
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Governor unveils alternative energy proposal
In Dearborn on Thursday, Gov. John Engler announced a plan designed to make Michigan the world leader in alternative energy. The plan includes tax benefits for companies researching the topic and a NextEnergyZone, which would be a 700-acre area near Ann Arbor where research on the topic will be centered. Much of the alternative fuel issue has centered on fuel cells in automobiles, but Engler spokeswoman Susan Shafer said the plan hopes to generate just as many advances in other everyday activities. “We’re probably not going to see it in our cars soon,” she said.
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Bill to amend law for inspecting rabid dogs
In Ypsilanti in 2000, an angry dog bit a 3-year-old girl on the head - sending her to the emergency room where she received 40 stitches.Doctors worried the child had come into contact with a rabid dog.
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Bill to refuse patients
Hospitals and health care clinics that have a specific religious foundation could turn patients away if the procedure conflicted with their beliefs under a new bill introduced to the Senate on Monday.Sen.
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Bill to set water guidelines
The water beneath your feet is receiving some attention from a bill introduced recently in the state House.The bill, introduced by Rep.
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Fraternity rides along with police
Life for one MSU fraternity includes speeding tickets, breaking up fights and filling out paperwork.The 40 members of Alpha Tau Omega are tagging along with East Lansing police officers through the beginning of May.Each member will ride with an officer on duty for a two-hour shift.“The misperception of college kids is that we party and we have no brains and we are just some frat guys that destroy anything we put our hands on,” Alpha Tau Omega member Jonathan Rosenthal said.
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Rally held for health care
Lansing - Last year Amanda Meulenberg spent $500 on health care. As a first-year medical student at Wayne State University, she’s not covered for preventative health care insurance.“I have chronic asthma and I have to go the doctor every three months,” she said.
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Gas leak wakes up neighborhood
Some East Lansing residents were awakened by the sounds of police and fire sirens Monday night brought on by a gas leak at the southwest corner of Collingwood Road and Ann Street.The leak, in the basement of 239 Collingwood Road, was reported at 11:39 p.m.
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Promoters lobby for sidewalk scooters
Lansing - Legislators and aides looked on as the Segway Human Transporter zoomed around the west Capitol steps Tuesday afternoon. A new kind of stand-up scooter, the transporter would be permitted to navigate city sidewalks if a bill proposed by Sen.
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New ad tries to keep minors from drinking
Lansing - A new ad campaign that will attempt to discourage underage drinking was launched in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday, accompanied by signs proclaiming “We all lose when kids buy booze.”“We want to address the issue that comes home to parents when kids drink,” said Mark Smith, director of enforcement for the Michigan Liquor Control Commission.Smith and Michigan Liquor Control Chairman Dan Gustafson said they plan to have a hotline, or a central place to call to report those who are selling to or providing minors with alcohol.“We’re going to start in the Lansing and Jackson area,” Gustafson said.
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Paternity bills could increase fathers rights
Biological fathers’ rights in establishing paternity and paying child support could be reinforced if a group of bills passes. The bills would make it harder to terminate the parental rights of unwed biological fathers, allow courts to order genetic testing and terminate child support and make it a misdemeanor to knowingly misidentify a biological father.
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Pipeline raises safety, discrimination concerns
Just as gas prices rise for the summer, the issue of where a new gas pipeline will go is heating up.Ingham County Commissioner Lisa Dedden filed a brief Friday opposing the Wolverine Pipe Line, 2691 Lake Lansing Road, proposal to route a new gas pipeline along Insterstate 96 in Lansing.The route is the second proposed by the company after its first, running through Meridian Township, was denied by the Michigan Public Service Commission on the basis of safety.An issue still at large in the new proposal, Dedden said.“The same things exist so therefore the public safety commission needs to deny this, too,” she said.
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Residents protest E.L. rezoning, commercialization
City officials will make the decision tonight whether to rezone a 64-acre golf course.Neighbors of the Four Winds Golf Course, 5800 Park Lake Road, have been concerned the owner will develop the property.But officials say it won’t happen.“We have opportunities to address the concerns of the neighbors,” Mayor Pro Tem Sam Singh said.
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Spartan Bigs provide companionship
Annie Schave met her little sister about three months ago and the pair has spent about four hours a week together ever since - but they’re not related.Schave, a science education junior, is president of Spartan Bigs, an MSU extension of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Lansing Inc. in its first year as a registered student organization.Her match, Jazmine, likes to spend their time together talking, eating ice cream and playing outside.“I like just hanging out, laughing and being a kid again,” Schave said.
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Scheduling conflicts delay preliminary examination
The preliminary examination has been postponed for four female MSU students charged in connection with the drowning of an 18-year-old Bay City man. Nicole Bukowski, 21, Cassandra Duggan, 20, Laurel Trezise, 20, and Sara Kaufman, 21, were charged with running an unlicensed bar at a party that Delta College student Eric Blair attended before he drowned in the Red Cedar River. Police say the four females had a party on Oct.
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State quarter awaits U.S. Mint approval for design
Thousands of Michigan residents chose their favorite pick for the new Michigan quarter in an online poll Monday. The winning design, gaining one-third of the total votes, depicts an outline of the state, the Great Lakes and six other icons.