Local business owners and economic experts alike have mixed reactions to a state bill that would raise the minimum wage.The bill, recently passed by the state Senate, would raise minimum wage from $7.40 to $9.20 for regular employees and from $2.65 to $3.50 for tipped employees, such as waitresses and bartenders.
Farmers and agriculture officials testified before the Michigan Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday about recent changes to Michigan’s Right to Farm Act, which previously protected urban farmers’ livestock from being considered nuisances.
The MSU Community Music School hosted their final All-School Recital of the spring semester Saturday. The recitalists spanned generations with performers as young as six years old sharing the bill with adults.
With more than 180 artists in attendance, the East Lansing Art Festival helps many artists to get their name and craft out to the public. And that’s the specific goal for the “New and Emerging” artists tent, where seven artists show off their craft and promote their name.
This year it featured returning favorites and new exhibitors selling an eclectic array of jewelry, paintings, clothing and more.
Two shootings on May 12 left MSU students looking to Twitter and other social media websites for updates and safety information when the MSU Alert system did not reach all students.
East Lansing’s city streets were packed this weekend, not by the usual traffic of cars and buses, but by citizens, vendors and a lot of art.
On Thursday, the Senate moved forward on legislation that would increase Michigan’s minimum wage but also would circumvent a potential decision from voters.
On Thursday the Michigan Senate approved legislation that would
When Ben Myers first came to MSU as a freshman, not having his car on campus with him was a struggle.He especially hated the commute his mother had to make to bring him home for a weekend — she would spend four hours driving to campus and four hours taking him back home.
Summer is right around the corner and the communities of East Lansing and MSU will celebrate the season with the 50th annual MSU Spring Arts and Crafts Show this weekend.
When the last police car pulled away and the pouring rain subsided Monday afternoon, two were dead and a community was left with more questions than answers.
Ricard Walter Taylor was arraigned on multiple counts Wednesday afternoon in 54-B district court in East Lansing.
Two bills introduced in the state Senate on May 1 would, if passed, criminalize “revenge porn,” or the posting of sexually-explicit photos to the internet without the consent of the subject and with the intent to “frighten, intimidate, or harass.”
The shelter experienced snowstorms on free cat adoption days and had to cancel its mobile adoption events, resulting in slower adoption than normal during the winter months.
The third National Climate Assessment, released by the Obama administration on May 6, found that climate change is affecting the U.S. — of course, that includes MSU.
The East Lansing fiscal year 2015 budget is on schedule for a vote by city council after the city council work session on Tuesday. The budget proposal will go to the city council meeting for a vote on May 20.
The sidewalk sale is a week-long event where local businesses are able to set up merchandise from their store on the sidewalk.
To promote bicycle safety and prevent accidents like his own, Unsworth and Tim Potter of the MSU Bikes Advisory Committee taught a bicycle commuting class in the MSU Recycling Education Center Wednesday to kick off National Bike Month.
Lansing and East Lansing Police released the names of the two victims