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Holecek analyzes Lansing casino plans
EAST LANSING, MI (WKAR) - It's been nearly two weeks since Mayor Virg Bernero announced an agreeemnt between the city and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians to build a new casino in Lansing. WKAR's Melissa Benmark speaks with MSU professor emeritus Donald Holecek about his thoughts on the plan. He began a study of the Detroit casinos when they opened, and the results were different than some might have predicted.
EAST LANSING, MI (WKAR) - It's been nearly two weeks since Mayor Virg Bernero announced an agreeemnt between the city and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians to build a new casino in Lansing. WKAR's Melissa Benmark speaks with MSU professor emeritus Donald Holecek about his thoughts on the plan. He began a study of the Detroit casinos when they opened, and the results were different than some might have predicted.
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LANSING, MI (MPRN) - Legislative leaders at the state Capitol say a discussion over how to generate more money to fix the state's aging bridges and roads could drag out all year.
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Republican front-runner Mitt Romney surged on Friday toward an apparent easy win in Nevada, with a new poll showing him beating rival Newt Gingrich by a 2-to-1 margin on the eve of the state's presidential nominating contest.
In Michigan
LANSING, MI (AP) - Michigan's improving unemployment numbers mean jobless residents in the state are no longer eligible for some federally funded extended benefits.
LANSING, MI (MPRN) - Former U.S. Congressman and current Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate Pete Hoekstra is taking cues from Governor Rick Snyder's successful campaign in 2010.
reWorking Michigan
FLINT, MI (WKAR) - A laboratory at Mott Community College gives inventors a place where they can make a prototype of their inventions.
EAST LANSING, MI (WKAR) - Some Chinese students at Michigan State University are not only getting their degree here, but also want to start a business here.
Nation
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Susan G. Komen for the Cure said on Friday it was retreating from a decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood, which provides abortion and birth control services, and apologized for a move that thrust the world's largest breast cancer charity into a deeply politicized controversy.
MOBILE, Alabama (Reuters) - An assailant stabbed a Mobile police officer to death Friday afternoon outside Mobile County Metro Jail before fleeing in a police cruiser.
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