The state Senate passed a bill to add Michigan to the Streamlined Sales Tax Project on to Gov. John Engler’s desk Thursday. Engler said he will sign the bill, adding Michigan to a group of states working together to coordinate the collection of Internet sales taxes.
It’s not a cold war, it’s a green war.The Potter Park Zoological Society, 1301 S. Pennsylvania Ave.
It wasn’t a fairy tale or an old love story.It was just a makeover story with a happy ending.Douglas J Salon, 4663 Ardmore Ave.
Lansing - Michigan firefighters met at the state Capitol Wednesday to return fire at Gov. John Engler after he vetoed $9.4 million in fire protection grants. Matt Resch, a spokesman for Engler, said the governor vetoed the budget because it would have increased fire protection grants statewide to $9.4 million from last year’s $7.4 million.
Jonathan Rosenthal is excited to get to work improving student and East Lansing community relations.The business administration and pre-law junior has made a lot of changes in his life in the past year - transferring to MSU from Florida State University, taking a position with MSU’s undergraduate student government as director of communication affairs and his appointment to the University Student Commission during the Oct.
Three new deans are heading to Lansing Community College.LCC spokeswoman Ruth Borger said Patricia Traynor, Judith Berry and William Darr have joined the faculty and students at LCC, 500 N.
Okemos - Fans of books and sports will soon have a few more reasons to shop at Meridian Mall. The mall,1982 W.
East Lansing community members and students are encouraged to attend an East Lansing Housing Commission meeting at 7 p.m.
Patrons of local watering holes are putting their money where their mouth is.This week, local bars within the Responsible Hospitality Council are contributing money from cover charges and percentages of sales for to aid in relief for the Sept.
The Concerned Citizens for Peace in the Greater Lansing Area held its first official meeting Monday night since its creation after the Sept.
Lansing - MSU students chanted “No Internet tax” in front of the state Capitol Tuesday to voice concerns about legislation that would organize efforts to collect online sales taxes.
There was an eclectic assortment of groups in the basement of the East Lansing Police Department last week.One group was officers.
The city of East Lansing will hold its general election Nov. 6, but time is almost out to register to vote.
While teacher shortages continue to be a problem for public school districts across the nation, the East Lansing Public School District remains unaffected by the trend.According to the National Center for Education Statistics, more than 2.4 million teachers will be needed in the next 11 years to fill K-12 classrooms across the country in public school districts.While teacher shortages have been a problem for several years, it has become an important issue only recently in Michigan, said Michigan Education Association spokeswoman Karen Schulz.“Really this is a problem now, but for many years to come, schools will be facing the dilemma of not having enough people out there who want to teach,” she said.Schulz said reasons for the shortage are a high number of retirees and the difficulty of keeping teachers in urban school districts.But Kevin Green, spokesman for the East Lansing Public School District, said the district has not experienced a teacher shortage and doesn’t expect one anytime soon.He said the school district is popular because of the starting salary for teachers and highly rated special education programs.
MSU Young Americans For Freedom will take to the Capitol steps with fellow students at noon to protest legislation that would enter the state into the Streamlined Sales Tax Project.The multistate Internet tax project is charged with organizing collections from purchases made online.
Americans have questions that need answers, and many are turning toward religion.Retailers are reporting sales on inspirational, religious and prophecy books have all risen since the Sept.
Asmaa Abdel-Azim ate an entire plateful of pancakes early Sunday morning during East Lansing’s Breakfast for America. The 12-year-old came to East Lansing High School, 509 Burcham Drive, with her father, Amr Abdel-Azim, a 1986 MSU graduate.
Lansing - More than 100 peace promoters trekked from the Union to the Capitol on Saturday afternoon to show solidarity for a nonviolent response to the Sept.
Since the Sept. 11 attacks in Washington and New York, concerns of potential bioterrorist threats have grown, but representatives from the Michigan Department of Community Health say they have been preparing to respond.Dr. David Johnson, the department’s chief medical executive, said the expertise of heath-care providers and professionals would play a critical role in the event of a biological or chemical attack.
Lansing - A giant inflatable green dinosaur greeted both runners and visitors to the reopening of the Impression 5 Science Center on Sunday.The ninth annual Capital City River Run began at 10 a.m.