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Justice Department orders state licensed medical marijuana to be reclassified federally
The Trump administration has reclassified FDA-approved medical marijuana as a less dangerous drug, which could be a huge boost to Michigan's medical marijuana industry by making banking easier. …
Set to graduate MSU in weeks, Isaiah Kirby had at least 17 gunshot wounds after police shooting, family said
Isaiah Kirby's mother counted at least 17 bullet holes in his body and his family wants to know more about the investigation into the April 15 fatal officer-involved shooting in East Lansing, according to a statement from Kirby's family. Kirby was a graduating Michigan State University student who loved snakes, worked part-time at Potter Park Zoo and was excited about a recent job interview, and also was the man shot by police in an 6 p.m. altercation at a corner plaza in East Lansing at the busy intersection of Lake Lansing and Abbot roads.
Police give update on victim after fatal officer-involved shooting
A victim who was stabbed Wednesday is now in stable condition in a hospital's intensive care unit, according to a statement from the East Lansing Police Department, less than 24 hours after police …
Customers may not have noticed the downturn in Michigan’s marijuana market
There’s been a downturn - a seven-year-itch, a seventh-inning stretch - in Michigan’s marijuana market, for the first time ever. And that was before a major new tax kicked in at the start of the …
Deep Green yanks its data center proposal ahead of Lansing vote
Lansing city officials said Monday afternoon that the controversial Deep Green data center proposal has been withdrawn, hours before city council members had been expected to vote on a property sale. …
Trump’s 1980s newspaper ads are being vindicated, administration official says during Lansing tour
U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler wants you to remember the ads that President Donald Trump put in newspapers in the 1980s. No, not the 1989 ads in which Trump called for the return of the death penalty in response to false accusations against the since-exonerated Central Park Five. Loeffler was instead referring to a newspaper ad from 1987, in which Trump criticized Japan and pushed for tariffs from allies in the context of a Iran-Iraq flare-up involving oil shipping in the Middle East, which prompted American military convoys to escort tankers from Kuwait and included U.S. military strikes against Iranian oil platforms.
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Mayor Schor’s new budget outlines proposed data center revenue plans
Lansing Mayor Andy Schor introduced his annual budget on Tuesday. It is less than 1% higher than the current budget and proposes to increase the amount set aside for a rainy day. The budget is …