Local & State

Women are 16 times more likely than men to report weight discrimination in the workplace

     EAST LANSING, MI — Michigan State University has launched the first doctoral program in Chicano/Latino Studies in the Midwest – and only the second in the nation.

 “Walk a Mile in These Shoes” Exhibit, Lansing Black Lawyers Association Free Legal Education Workshop and Kids Halloween Costume Party, 5th Annual Gourmet Gents Fundraiser, Uplift Our Youth Foundation, Safety Union Set to Bring Community Together

Shortly before lunch thousands of General Motors employees walked off the job and picked up strike posters…

There are many events this fall that provide opportunities to sample a variety of Michigan wines

 Prepare Disaster Plan For Your Pets, Ending Stereotypes for America, Dreams for Darfur Olympic Torch Relay and Rally,

Auto Body Credit Union (ABCU) was set to Lend a HAND to auto workers and suppliers impacted by the recently ended strike on General Motors.

Union Missionary Baptist Church celebrates it’s  2007 Women’s Conference, Michigan school districts approach the 2007-08 school year with caution, MSBO is a statewide association representing the interests of over 1,900 school business officials.

   MOUNT PLEASANT, MI –   The annual Art Reach Benefit Auction will be held on October 5, 2007 beginning with dinner at 5:30 p.m.  Tickets for the annual auction will be available at $60 per person and will be on sale at the Art Reach Center, 319 South University and at the Art Reach on Broadway Gallery and Gift Shop, 111 East Broadway.

Graduate Nurse Kristin Caverly started her job in Sparrow’s Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (RNICU) in January 2004, but it wasn’t her first visit to the unit. Twenty-eight years ago, Kristin was an RNICU patient. Current department manager Sandy Geller and unit nurse Jo Ellen Hansen were both part of Kristin’s care during her stay.