Whitmer signed Michigan Senate Bill 757, which "will amend Michigan election law to allow clerks in cities and townships with a population of at least 25,000 to begin processing absentee ballots prior to election day for the November 3, 2020 general election only," she said.
Michigan State athletics will join a long list of professional and collegiate sports teams to sell cardboard cutouts of fans to put in the stands during game day.
The CDO role will fill the duties of the previous senior advisor to the president for diversity, but at the level of vice president for the first time in the university's history.
"In a very real sense, FRIB represents MSU’s unique capability and scale as a research institution and is part of our vision to advance the common good with uncommon will,” MSU President Samuel L. Stanley Jr. said.
This comes following the Michigan Supreme Court ruling Friday that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer lacked the authority to declare a state of emergency after April 30.
The East Lansing Art Festival application is open online for artists to apply. However, the event's details are uncertain during the COVID-19 pandemic.
President Abii-Tah Bih provided an update that recommendations for the spring semester from the Academic Calendar Task Force were made to President Samuel L. Stanley. The recommendations were made based on a survey open to the MSU community. The committee is still meeting, and these suggestions are not final decisions, just recommendations. The initial suggestions are as follows.
East Lansing Public Library receives its first pop-up library van. Library patrons will now be able to visit and use the new pop-up library to check out the books, DVDs, CDs and audiobooks that have been loaded on the van.
These orders keep several COVID-19 protections in place including the use of face coverings, limitations on indoor and outdoor gathering sizes, 50% or 125-person capacity limit for restaurants and mandatory employee health screenings, according to the release.
The Michigan Supreme Court struck down Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's authority to use the 1976 Emergency Management Act and the 1945 Emergency Powers of the Governor Act in order to declare a state of emergency pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues and people are encouraged to stay inside, individuals who live with violent partners or household members are facing an even more dangerous situation in their homes. Voices of Color hosted a rally Thursday at the Capitol in the recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
“This is entirely personal for me and for many of the people on the leadership team, so we don’t take any of these decisions lightly,” Senior Vice President for Auxiliary Enterprises Vennie Gore said. “We don’t believe that our staff are expendable. But in the end, if I’m not collecting enough money I can’t pay you.”
Marked by frequent interruptions and high tempers, the first presidential debate covered topics from the Supreme Court nomination to race and police ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election. The State News analyzed some of the main topics discussed in the debate and fact-checked some of the claims made by both President Trump and Joe Biden.
MSU College of Human Medicine’s Department of Translational Neuroscience Chair Jack Lipton said it appears they have been able to catch positive COVID-19 cases in the very early phases using the MSU early detection program. Currently, 75% of samples are focused on the spread of COVID-19 among asymptomatic students.
Mosallam's first eight-year term with the Board of Trustees began Jan. 1, 2012. He is the only incumbent seeking reelection.
Candidates from the College of Social Science, College of Arts and Letters and College of Communication Arts and Sciences discussed issues such as the return to campus, university transparency and the pass/fail option.
The East Lansing City Clerk's office will be opening a satellite office at the Hannah Community Center to assist voters better. All East Lansing residents can register to vote, turn in their voted ballots and vote absentee at this location starting Monday, Oct 5.
Residential and Hospitality Services announced that they will be holding a town hall for furloughed student workers.
The mask requirement extends to the outdoor, public spaces within the boundaries of the East Lansing Downtown Development Authority. The requirement would have ended on Tuesday. The newly extended order is currently in place for seven additional days.
With rising COVID-19 cases in Ingham County, Chief Judge Richard Garcia of the 30th Circuit Court and the Ingham County Probate Court issued an order halting jury trials in the two courts until November. Anyone scheduled for trials before Nov. 2 is not required to report.