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LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – A pawn shop owner in south Lansing caught a thief on-camera stealing more than $2,000 worth of diamond jewelry from his store, while the thief's three accomplices kept the storeget more >> Surveillance video catches a suspected thief stealing more than $2,000 worth of diamond jewelry from a Lansing pawn shopget more >> EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - East Lansing Police are looking for a man they believe sexually assaulted two Michigan State University students. The most recent incident happened around 8:30p.m. Thursdayget more >> The most recent incident happened around 8:30p.m. Thursday in the parking lot of Abbott Pointe Apartmentsget more >> Three people who bought Mega Millions tickets in Michigan have won $250,000 prizes in the multistate lottery game.get more >> Three people who bought Mega Millions tickets in Michigan have won $250,000 prizes in the multistate lottery game.get more >> EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - Three East Lansing High School teens accused of scratching swastikas into two other students' lockers could face criminal charges, but not for the content of controversialget more >> East Lansing Police say one of the victims was a Jewish girl who took offense to the symbol on her lockerget more >> Three East Lansing high school teens could face criminal charges for scratching swastikas into two other student's lockers. East Lansing police say one of the victims was Jewish. The president of theget more >> Three East Lansing high school teens could face criminal charges for scratching swastikas into two other student's lockers.
East Lansing police say one of the victims was Jewish.get more >> LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - A local student got a big surprise in the form of a free private high school education. Rachel Smith, a student at Lansing Charter Academy, received a check Friday for more thanget more >> Rachel Smith, a student at Lansing Charter Academy, received a check Friday after winning a national essay contestget more >> LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) -- Several former employees of a Lansing-based production company say for months, the business often skipped payday, and sometimes didn't pay at all. Five former employees of Lifeget more >> Former employees of a Lansing-based production company say the business often skipped payday, and sometimes didn't pay at all.get more >> ADRIAN, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan man who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the slaying of a 63-year-old woman has been sentenced to life in prison. The Jackson Citizen Patriot reports Steven Stormget more >> Judge Timothy Pickard called Storm a "psychopath" during the hearing, saying he'll work to ensure Storm never is released from prisonget more >> EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A former high school football coach in Pennsylvania has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for computer-related crimes that stretched to East Lansing. Joseph Ostrowski admittedget more >> Federal prosecutors in Michigan say the investigation began in 2011 with campus policeget more >> The confederate flag brings out all kinds of emotions and one student in DeWiitt was suspended from school for flying it on his truck after he was told to take it down. But as our Nick Perreault explains,get more >> One student in DeWiitt was suspended from school for flying it on his truck after he was told to take it downget more >>
Right now at the state capitol, several hearings are underway.
First up is a House committee hearing on Blue Cross Blue Shield. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette is set to testify. The state Senate has already voted in favor of changing the insurance provider into a non-profit mutual insurance company.
One senior citizen groups complains this legislation would eventually shove seniors out of their Blue Cross coverage, but the company says that's not true.
The governor does not believe the current school system is producing career ready students, which is why he asked Lansing Attorney Richard McLellan to re-do the school aid formula to redirect current funding into areas wear student and teaches can excel.
His school recommendations included:
- On-line learning
- $2500 finish school early
- Year round urban schools
- Aid linked to performance
"You'll drive improvements if you link more of the money to performance. We dont measure performance, we measure attendance," said McLellan.
The year round school year would not expand the number of school days, but stretch out the process to run for the entire year with two week breaks in the fall, the holidays and the spring and summer.
Lawmakers and the education community are reviewing the draft, but some school lobbyists have denounced it as creating a voucher system and the ideas lack quality control.
McLellan is asking everyone to take the next month to comment on the draft. The final document may find its way into the governor's school budget in February.
