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Michigan’s automotive industry shifts toward an electric future

By Ryan Radosevich and Jacob Phillips | May 11, 2022

With Michigan housing several automotive manufacturing plants, the state looks to expand into the world of vehicle electrification. 

“If we want to continue to expand ourselves as a species, we need another way to power and transport ourselves around, a cleaner more sustainable way of doing it, because we’re just going to run out of gas at some point,” said Steve Radosevich, geometric modeler for Rivian. 

General Motors Co. is one of the manufacturers making Michigan a hub for electric vehicle production. The GM factory in Orion Township is  set to become one of the company’s main electric vehicle manufacturers. The plant, which originally produced Chevrolet Malibus and Pontiac G6s, will now build all-electric trucks. 

GM is also shifting its manufacturing in Detroit.

East Lansing shows its Pride

Brad Johnson couldn’t wait to celebrate Pride month this year. Johnson, the Community Outreach Manager at the Hub East Lansing, along with the whole company is leading an initiative for Pride. “I’ve only been with this company for a year and my old company never really did anything for Pride so being able to do something for this company is really exciting for me,” said Johnson. 

The Hub East Lansing is located on Grand River in East Lansing, next to Michigan State University’s campus.

Growing state cannabis industry faces advertising limits to reach new customers

Jayme Taylor, CEO of Carbidex, shows the company's marijuana grow facility.

As Michigan’s marijuana market matures, area industry professionals say standing out via advertising and marketing is becoming more important.

UPDATE: Lansing voters OK $130 million school bond issue

sign outside of the school district offices

Editor’s update: On May 3, voters in the East Lansing school district approved a $129.7 milli0n bond proposal essentially renewing the same rate they have been paying since the adoption of a 2016 bond issue. According to the Ingham County Clerk, the vote was 8,960-3,639. That is an approval rate of 71%.

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Mega Shabbat Returns to Spartan Stadium

Every Friday, Jewish people around the world celebrate the day of rest, Shabbat.  But today’s Shabbat on the MSU campus will be bigger than a normal Friday night, it will be ‘mega.’  Spartan Stadium is where MSU Chabad, a family-run student group, is bringing back Mega Shabbat for the first time since 2019.  “Great experience […]

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Men’s basketball falls to Duke, football qualifies for bowl game

Michigan State basketball hosts Duke in one of the biggest regular season matchups! Plus, football is going “bowling” after a win on senior night against Maryland. That and more on this weeks Spartan Sports Report!

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Commentary: Climate change threatens downhill runs and uphill chats

COMMENTARY SKIING: The ski lift is one of the only socially acceptable places to talk to strangers, 10-minute conversations while sitting on freezing metal seats swinging above rocky cliffs With goggles and scarves covering faces, identities are a mystery. Now, whether in COlorado or Northern Michigan, ski resorts are wrestling with the adverse impacts of climate change, and some small ski slopes around the country are closing as a result. We talk to a ski resort in Harbor Springs? And the nonprofit Protect Our Winters. By Brooklyn Peppo. FOR ALL POINTS.

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Community News

  • Lansing Art Gallery and Education Center offers community resources

    A lavender, baby blue and pink watercolor ink painting featuring stars, planets and fish is just one of the pieces of art available for purchase at the Lansing Art Gallery and Education Center. The painting by Daniel Hogan titled, “Beyond Infinity,” sells for $450, and hangs on a wall with other abstract art pieces.  The Lansing Art Gallery and Education Center located in downtown Lansing has free admission and is open to everyone.

  • Two pairs of figure skates sit on the return counter of the rental shop at Suburban Ice in East Lansing.
    Lansing Skating Club develops next generation of skaters

    More than 6,500 miles away from East Lansing, Madison Hubbell and her partner Zachary Donahue took to the ice earlier this year the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. Their performance in the rhythm dance segment of the team event saw the duo set a new personal best score to help earn Team USA a silver medal.

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    CHICAGO – Mike Birbiglia brought his one-man show “The Old Man and The Pool” to Chicago in May, wrapping up a month-long residency at the Steppenwolf Theater.   For the Chicago show, Birbiglia sauntered through themes of mortality and anxieties of aging in “The Old Man and the Pool.” Henry Gessner from Northbrook, Illinois, attended the […]

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    Grosse Pointe Woods City Administrator Frank Schulte laid the foundations for an amendment to the Vicious Dog Ordinance at a Committee-of-the-Whole meeting on June 20. This proposal would streamline the process when a dog attack occurs and eliminate unnecessary court hearings. “I felt it was a redundant job for me to do,” said Schulte. “We […]

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  • CNS budget, June 3, 2022

    June 3, 2022, CNS Budget — 1st summer environmental package To: CNS Editors From: Eric Freedman  http://news.jrn.msu.edu/capitalnewsservice/ For technical problems, contact CNS technical manager Eryn Ho at (616) 485-9295, hoeryn@msu.edu.  For other matters, contact Eric Freedman at (517) 256-3873; freedma5@msu.edu. ENVIRONMENTAL STORIES: Editors, this is the 1st of our summer packages with Michigan-relevant environmental new […]

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