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Restaurants weigh in on impact of 50/50 ordinance

An ordinance that, in the event of relocation, would maintain the grandfathered status of four alcohol-serving restaurants currently exempt from East Lansing’s 50/50 rule is currently in the East Lansing City Council’s pipeline. A resolution setting a hearing to April 11 for Ordinance _, drafted at the request of Mayor Mark Meadows, is on council’s consent agenda for the Feb.

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Council: Financing terms key to approval of newly proposed downtown projects

The City of East Lansing is now considering two major downtown developments, and whether or not they come to fruition will hinge on the financing terms requested by developers, city officials said. The newly-introduced $130 million Center City District project and the long-awaited Park District project, valued at _ in its last incarnation, will both be financed in part by tax increment financing, or TIF.

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Student veterans reflect on aid, resources a MSU through programs

In the summer of 2013, global studies in the arts and humanities sophomore Mj Haynes was deployed to Bagram, Afghanistan, where she had what was “easily the greatest experience” as a combat medic in the U.S. Army. Though the positive experiences outweighed the negatives, Haynes said she spent holidays in a bunker, faced hits of indirect fire and served in a prison providing medical aid for detainees.

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$132 million 'Center City District' would drastically change downtown E.L.

A $132 million development project that would see two 12-story structures raised on Grand River and Albert Avenue properties was formally proposed Wednesday morning and informally presented to the Planning Commission later that night. The "Center City Project" is being developed by Richmond, Ill.-based developer Harbor Bay Real Estate Advisors on properties owned by the Brad and Greg Ballein, who also own Student Book Store and other properties in East Lansing.

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22 additional charges brought forward against Nassar

Former MSU employee Larry Nassar has been charged with 22 additional counts of criminal sexual assault, first degree, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said in a press conference Wednesday. Criminal sexual conduct is a felony punishable by up to life in prison for each charge, according to a press release from Schuette.

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Former U.S. Attorney assisting MSU with Nassar case

MSU Board of Trustees Chairman Brian Breslin announced in a statement at the Board of Trustees meeting on Friday that MSU hired Patrick Fitzgerald, a former federal prosecutor and United States attorney, to provide guidance on the former MSU employee Larry Nassar case.