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Michigan Lawmakers May Forgive Snow Days After Frigid Temps

By Associated Press • 3 hours ago

Michigan lawmakers are considering whether to cut schools some slack after frigid temperatures and other weather caused a high number of snow days.

MSU Trustees Attempt To Reconcile; Acting President Udpa Apologizes To Survivors

By Abigail Censky • Feb 15, 2019

Acting President Satish Udpa presides over his first MSU Board of Trustees meeting. He began with an apology to survivors of Larry Nassar's abuse. — Abigail Censky, WKAR

Friday the Michigan State University Board of Trustees met for the first time since Interim President and former Governor, John Engler was ousted in early January. Acting President Satish Udpa began his first official MSU board meeting with an apology.

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Fit Fridays With Blessed Body Training Founder Johnny Lewis: The Power Of The Yam

By Kyle Turk • Feb 15, 2019

On another edition of Fit Fridays, Al and Johnny discuss three workouts to help your glutes and get into what makes the sweet potato so useful in the kitchen.

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Michigan State’s Intramural Sports Program Gives Students A Chance to Get Away From Stress

By Noah Lieberman: Current Sports Beat Reporter • Feb 15, 2019

Some students see playing recreational sports as a chance to win; others use the exercise to stay healthy at school.

Current Sports | February 15, 2019

By Connor Matthes • Feb 15, 2019

Dan Dakich; Miles Bridges; MSU Basketball; Ohio State Basketball; Celebrity All-Star Game; Dunk Contest; Fit Fridays

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Watch Live: President Trump Declares National Emergency To Build Border Wall

By Reginald Hardwick • Feb 15, 2019

President Trump is speaking about border security at the White House. Congress passed a compromise spending measure Thursday to avert a government shutdown that includes some funding for the border barrier. But the White House says Trump will also sign an emergency declaration that will allow him to divert additional funds to build a wall as he has long promised.

$10M Soybean Processing Facility To be Built In Tuscola County

By Associated Press • Feb 15, 2019

Plans are moving forward on a $10 million soybean processing facility in Michigan.

Compatibility May Not Be The Secret To Romantic Success, According To A New Study

By Ben Thorp • Feb 14, 2019

Sharing similar personalities is not a predictor for long term relationship happiness, according to a new study out of Michigan State University.

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Off the Record | February 15, 2019

By WebTeam • Feb 14, 2019

Correspondents Edition. Topics: GOP leader ok with revenue for roads, no-fault insurance reform heats up.

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Gov. Whitmer’s Plans To Restructure DEQ Are Dead – For Now

By Cheyna Roth • Feb 14, 2019

Michigan Capitol — Reginald Hardwick / WKAR-MSU

For the first time in years, the state Legislature has overturned a governor’s executive order.

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Watch Live: President Trump Declares National Emergency To Build Border Wall

President Trump is speaking about border security at the White House. Congress passed a compromise spending measure Thursday to avert a government shutdown that includes some funding for the border barrier. But the White House says Trump will also sign an emergency declaration that will allow him to divert additional funds to build a wall as he has long promised.

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Dan Dickerson on teaching play-by-play at MSU, pace of play in baseball, and the 2019 Tigers

By Russ White • Feb 15, 2019

Detroit Tigers radio play-by-play broadcaster Dan Dickerson is a busy man from mid-February through October. So how does he spend part of his offseason? Teaching what he does to MSU students who hope to follow in his footsteps.

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Dan Dickerson talks with Russ White.

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Michigan State of the State 2019

By editor • Feb 15, 2019

From Tue. Feb. 12, 2019 | WATCH IT HERE | LISTEN HERE

In her first address to a joint convention of the State House of Representatives and Senate, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer lays out her new legislative year agenda.

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People News: Elkins Elected to America’s Public Television Stations Board

By Julie Sochay • Feb 11, 2019

portrait: Susi Elkins — Lindsay Wilkinson Photography

Susi Elkins, director of broadcasting and general manager of WKAR Public Media at Michigan State University, has been elected to the board of directors of America’s Public Television Stations (APTS). The announcement was made on Thursday, February 7. Her three-year term begins Monday, February 25, 2019.

For the 16th Consecutive Year Americans Rate PBS and its Member Stations Most Trusted Institution

By editor • Feb 2, 2019

PBS is the Most Trusted Source of News and Public Affairs Programming and PBS KIDS is the Most Educational Media Brand, According to Annual Survey

WKAR TV Takes Home National Award for 2018

By editor • Jan 30, 2019

Award winners with trophy — Courtesy / NETA

WKAR TV was honored to receive a national award during the 2018 National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) Awards gala on Jan. 21, 2019.

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More Than 300 Chemical Attacks Launched During Syrian Civil War, Study Says

By Clare Lombardo • 21 minutes ago

December 23, 2012. Bayada, Homs.

July 29, 2014. Old City, Aleppo.

July 4, 2018. Douma, outside Damascus.

A study released Sunday tallies the chemical weapons attacks over the course of the Syrian Civil War. At least 336 have occurred, according to authors Tobias Schneider and Theresa Lütkefend of the Berlin-based Global Public Policy Institute.

An Italian Town Fell Silent So The Sounds Of A Stradivarius Could Be Preserved

By Christopher Livesay • 3 hours ago

Inside the concert hall of the Violin Museum in Cremona, Italy, Antonio de Lorenzi plays the prelude from Bach's Partita No. 3 on a Stradivarius violin. Cremona is the town where master luthier Antonio Stradivari crafted his storied instruments three centuries ago.

But there's no guarantee that his instruments' inimitable sound will survive for centuries more, says Fausto Cacciatori, the museum's chief conservator.

Interior Dept.'s Push To Limit Public Records Requests Draws Criticism

By Nate Hegyi • 4 hours ago

When Ryan Zinke, a former Navy SEAL, left his post as U.S. Interior Department secretary on Jan. 2, he was under fire on multiple fronts.