East Lansing city officials probably won’t mind the buzzing, whirring and crunching in the background as they celebrate the next step toward completion of the $30 million City Center Project today.A kickoff ceremony to mark the beginning of the deconstruction of the Byrnes Building and University Mall on M.A.C.
Michigan’s leaking underground storage tanks could pose potential problems to surface water and ground water.According to the U.S.
With tensions heightening between ethnic Albanians and ethnic Serbians in Kosovo, the U.S. military is preparing to send additional personnel to the area. Dr. Dean Sienko is prepared for the battle - medically. Sienko, medical examiner of the Ingham County Health Department, will command the medical forces in the Serbian Providence beginning March 8, and oversee medical health and assistance to Allied and U.S.
Amy Cooke likes the idea of being paid $10 per hour for a minimum wage job. Fortunately for the German senior, a growing number of Michigan cities are making that a reality by instituting a living wage ordinance.These ordinances allow local communities to set a higher minimum wage and qualifications for employees to set such a wage.Cooke said she earned the $5.15 per hour federal minimum wage while working at an East Lansing day care facility.
More police departments are getting officers out of their squad cars and into the neighborhoods they patrol, according to a U.S.
LANSING - U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers opened his doors Monday to the constituents he speaks for on Capitol Hill.The Brighton Republican opened his new central district office, at 1327 E.
The East Lansing City Council will continue discussion of an ordinance that may limit the maximum allowed height for buildings throughout the city at today’s work session.Council members requested to amend the ordinance at the Feb.
LANSING - The polls open today to narrow down the field for an upcoming special election that will fill the three open seats.Those seats were left empty after Brighton Republican and U.S.
LANSING - The music was soulful and the information was taken straight to the heart Saturday at the Gier Community Center. Participants at the Heart of Our Heritage Health Fair - an event that inform blacks of the risks faced by their community - were entertained by live performers at the community center, 2400 Hall St.
LANSING - Clifton Jackson clapped his hands above his head and swayed with the music on Saturday during Lansing Community College’s Gospel Night. Jackson, 26, and more than 200 others attended the Black History Month event in the Arts and Science Building, 419 N.
A former MSU vice president is among three finalists running to become Grand Valley State University’s next president.One of the candidates, State Treasurer Mark Murray, served as MSU vice president of finance from September 1998 until January 1999 before taking his current position in 1999.
Former Gov. James Blanchard is the preliminary favorite to become the Democratic Party’s nominee for Michigan’s 2002 gubernatorial election, according to a new poll.Blanchard led Michigan Attorney General Jennifer Granholm and U.S.
A bill intended to prevent repeat prostitution offenders from continued convictions was passed unanimously Thursday by the state Senate.
LANSING - Angie Smith’s golden retriever, Neuman, could run freely in Lansing if a proposed dog park is included in the Parks and Recreation Department’s five-year master plan.“A park specifically for dogs would be great,” the 27-year-old Lansing resident said.
For the first time since taking his position as a U.S. congressman, Mike Rogers is returning to MSU as part of his 8th Congressional District listening tour.The Brighton Republican has been touring his district - one that encompasses MSU - during the week to hear his constituents’ concerns.“He very much enjoys being on campus and interacting with the students,” said Sylvia Warner, Rogers’ press secretary.Warner said a new congressional office in Lansing, 1327 E.
After 12 years of working under Gov. John Engler as his spokesman, John Truscott has decided it’s time pursue his own agenda.The director of communications and press secretary for the governor, Truscott has earned a reputation as knowledgeable and trustworthy.
ONONDAGA - Kwame Kilpatrick isn’t just the state House Minority Leader, he also is a motivator.Kilpatrick, D-Detroit, used this quality as he spoke to 48 residents at Highfields Youth Opportunity Camp, 5123 Old Plank Road, about his upbringing, his experience playing college football at Florida A&M and work in government as a part of the Black History Month program.“Essentially the theme is that being successful is a choice,” Kilpatrick said.
Protecting water in the Great Lakes may cause Michigan to make concessions in its water use.According to testimony heard this week before the Michigan Senate Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee, lawmakers may need to enact water-use laws for the state to have a solid legal defense against water diversion challenges from other states.The committee met Tuesday to discuss Annex 2001, the proposed changes to the Great Lakes Charter of 1985.
A newspaper analysis of Michigan State Police traffic stop data fails to tell the entire story of why minorities are more likely to be searched by troopers, a department official said. According to a Detroit Free Press study of 2000 police data, black and Hispanic men were about 2 1/2 times more likely than white men to be searched involuntarily.
Members of the greek community will be lip-synching their hearts out for Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital Coaches for Kids as part of the “MTV Fundraising Night” tonight at the Auditorium. The money raised from the event will be given to the hospital for its effort to construct a new children’s wing. Jackie Kim, co-chairwoman of greek week, said she’s hoping the annual event will attract the community’s interest. “Everyone’s going to be performing, hoping that their friends and the community will want to come watch them,” the nutritional science senior said. The event is open to the public with admission costing $3 or $2 with a canned good.