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Michigan Certifies Biden Win Despite Trump’s GOP Overtures

Michigan election officials on Monday certified Democrat Joe Biden’s 154,000-vote victory in the state amid President Donald Trump’s brazen attempts to subvert the results of the election.

Delhi Township Sheep Provide Lawn Care And Wool For Socks

Tuesdays, Nov. 10-24, at 8pm on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | The acclaimed series returns with Professor Gates exploring the mysteries, surprises and revelations hidden in the family trees of popular figures.

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President-Elect Biden To Begin Formal Transition Process After Agency OK

By Brian Naylor • 9 hours ago

Updated at 8 p.m. ET

Joe Biden's administration can formally begin its transition to power after a previously little-known federal agency on Monday ascertained Biden as the apparent winner of the election more than two weeks after the Democrat became president-elect.

The awaited decision from the General Services Administration provides the incoming Biden team with federal resources and access to agencies.

Michigan Inmate Captured More Than A Week After Jail Escape

By Associated Press • 10 hours ago

A Lansing-area jail inmate who escaped more than a week ago was captured over the weekend after leading officers on two separate vehicle chases, police said.

Utility’s Application For Natural Gas Pipeline Approved

By Associated Press • 14 hours ago

Michigan’s Public Service Commission has approved Consumers Energy’s application to build a wider natural gas pipeline.

Sparrow Revises Nicotine Hiring Policy

By Scott Pohl • 14 hours ago

Sparrow Hospital in Lansing is changing a near decade-old policy prohibiting the hiring of applicants who test positive for nicotine. Instead of requiring applicants to pass a test showing that they don’t use tobacco, Sparrow Health System will now consider hiring tobacco users who agree to participate in a four-week cessation program.

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Lansing Area Restaurants Offering Takeout and Dine-In Thanksgiving Meals

By Amanda Barberena • 17 hours ago

Thanksgiving Turkey — Pixabay Creative Commons

This Thanksgiving, some Lansing area restaurants are offering pre-order Thanksgiving meals and some will be open for Thanksgiving, so you can enjoy a holiday meal without having to cook.

All Eyes On MI Election Certification As Trump Doubles Down On Hail Mary Strategy

By Abigail Censky • Nov 22, 2020

The Michigan Board of State Canvassers meets Monday at 1 p.m. — Maxim Jenkins / WKAR-MSU

From personal calls with a Wayne County Canvasser, to meeting with Republican state lawmakers in Washington, The president's strategy questioning Michigan's election, which President-Elect Joe Biden won, continues as time runs short.

At Least Six Michigan Republican Lawmakers Attend Meeting With President Trump

By Rick Pluta • Nov 21, 2020

The Legislature’s Republican leaders led a delegation of GOP lawmakers to meet Friday with President Donald Trump.

Trump's Futile Fight To Overturn Election Loss Breeds Turmoil, Risk

By Franco Ordoñez, Mara Liasson, Tamara Keith, Claudia Grisales & Roberta Rampton • Nov 21, 2020

In the two weeks since it became clear that President Trump lost the election to Joe Biden — a period bookended by befuddling press conferences from his longtime lawyer, Rudy Giuliani — the president has made it clear that he will spend his remaining days in the White House in the same way he spent much of his term in office: fighting.

Federal Judge Says No To Restaurant Industry Request To Block Michigan Ban On Indoor Dining

By Steve Carmody | Michigan Radio • Nov 20, 2020

A federal judge has denied a request from Michigan’s restaurant industry for an order blocking new state restrictions on indoor dining.

Informacion En Vivo. Coronavirus En La Región De Lansing

By Michelle Jokisch Polo & WKAR STAFF & Manuel Chavez • Nov 20, 2020

Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAMS / CDC

Estar bien informado es responsabilidad de todos. Infórmese bien de lugares creíbles, profesionales, y de fuentes oficiales.

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Lea Salonga in Concert | Great Performances

By WKAR Staff • 12 hours ago

Lea Salonga singing into microphone with orchestra in background — Robert Catto / PBS

Fri. Nov. 27 at 9 pm on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | Enjoy hits from the internationally acclaimed singer performed at the Sydney Opera House.

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Latino Public Broadcasting and WKAR Present New Digital Short Film Series “Latinos Are Essential”

By WKAR STAFF • Nov 17, 2020

New Works By Independent Latinx Filmmakers Shine A Light On The Latino Essential Workers Who Are Keeping America Running During The Covid-19 Pandemic

WKAR Director of Education Selected for Racial Equity Leaders Cohort

By WKAR STAFF • Nov 13, 2020

WKAR’s Director of Education joins a Racial Equity Leaders Cohort that will focus on increasing racial equity across the multiple sectors that comprise the early childhood system.

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Chief Diversity Officer seeks “diverse, equitable, inclusive, exemplary world-class institution"

By Russ White • Nov 20, 2020

Following a national search, Michigan State University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., MD, has named Jabbar R. Bennett as the university's vice president and chief diversity officer. Bennett will also be a professor in MSU's College of Human Medicine.

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Jabbar Bennett talks with Russ White.

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David Dinkins, New York City's First Black Mayor, Dies At 93

By Jaclyn Diaz • 2 hours ago

Updated at 2:20 a.m. ET

David Dinkins, New York City's only African-American mayor, died Monday night at 93.

Dinkins led New York as its mayor during the early 1990s, a position he called "the greatest job there is."

Dinkins' office operations manager, Lynda Hamilton, confirmed his death to NPR early Tuesday.

Ken Jennings: Who Is First 'Jeopardy!' Guest Host?

By Vanessa Romo • 4 hours ago

Former Jeopardy! champion, author and know-it-all kind of guy, Ken Jennings, will be the first guest host of the long-running trivia game show, officials said Monday.

The announcement, two weeks after much-loved host Alex Trebek died of pancreatic cancer on Nov. 8, explained that "a series of interim guest hosts from the Jeopardy! family" will take over the show, which Trebek hosted from 1984 until earlier this year.