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ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) - Detroit Metropolitan Airport officials say they have evacuated about a third of the main terminal because of suspicious cargo. Airport spokesman Scott Wintner said authorities firstget more >> The false positive finding led to the evacuation of about a third of the McNamara Terminalget more >> LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - One person is injured and another is in custody after an assault Monday. Officials were called to the 1300 block of Knollwood around 5:30a.m., but the incident has continued intoget more >> Lansing police say a woman in her early 20s was assaulted at a home in the 1300 block of Knollwood on Monday.get more >> LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - The man killed over the weekend at a strip club has been identified as Christopher Michael Goins, 21, of Lansing. Goins was found at Centerfolds Strip Club with a gunshot woundget more >> Officials say they have a few leads, but no one in custodyget more >> LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)- Last week's rainfall still remains troublesome for many Lansing area families. Leaking windows, flooded basements, and even sewage backups are some of the reports coming from homeowners.get more >> Leaking windows, flooded basements, and even sewage backups are some of the reports coming from Lansing homeowners since the big storms last week.get more >> Crime Stoppers of Mid-Michigan is asking for the public's help in finding three people watned for felonies out of Lansing. Jacob Lee Brockwell, 36, has a felony warrant for retail fraud. He's describedget more >> If you have any information, call Crime Stoppers at 517-483-STOPget more >> LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan utilities could add up to a $1 surcharge to electric bills to provide heating assistance to low-income customers under legislation headed to the governor's desk. The stateget more >> Utilities could opt out of charging the feeget more >> EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - Jackson National Life announced Tuesday they will be opening up on East Grand River Ave and Charles Street, which used to be a Barnes & Nobles. According to a release, thisget more >> According to a release, this fall, the company plans to unveil its new facility near Michigan State's campusget more >> DEWITT, Mich. (WLNS) - 1 in 3 high school students in the United States are victims of physical, sexual, emotional of verbal abuse. It's because of these alarming statistics that olympic gold medalistget more >> 1 in 3 high school students in the United States are victims of physical, sexual, emotional of verbal abuseget more >> LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - The question for many gun owners these days is where to get ammunition? Gun shops and ammo dealers are struggling with a long term shortage and they say it's impacting their business.get more >> Some says it could take several months until stores have enough ammo to let customers buy as much as they wantget more >> Cop cars were on the scene of Centerfolds strip club this morning at around 2 a.m. on Sunday. "There was caution tape around the center folds wrapped around the sign and I'm guessing around the side door,"get more >> It happened around 2 a.m. on Father's Day.get more >>
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan's attorney general has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a ruling declaring the state's ban on affirmative action in college admissions unconstitutional.
Bill Schuette filed a petition Thursday with the court.
Michigan voters in 2006 amended the Michigan Constitution to ban use of race in choosing students.
But on Nov. 15, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati said the amendment presents an extraordinary burden to opponents and undermines the Equal Protection Clause's guarantee in the U.S. Constitution that "all citizens ought to have equal access to the tools of political change."
Schuette says the appeals court misapplied equal protection precedents.
He says he also wants the high court to "consider whether a state's decision to require equal treatment in higher-education admissions violates equal protection."
