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Community members can enjoy the farmers market on the Capitol lawn once again! The Michigan Farmers Market Association ...
May Oyler, a Capitol educator, leads a tour full of Emerson Elementary third-grade students inside the Michigan State Capitol during a school tour in Lansing on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023.
Commission Executive Director Rob Blackshaw told commissioners on Monday, July 31, that once the system is purchased on Tuesday, training for Michigan State Police and Capitol staff – along with ...
Michigan Capitol's brick walls, ceilings and floor helped protect the building from fire, according to a guide prepared by the Michigan Legislature. The building was dedicated on Jan. 1, 1879.
LANSING – The Michigan Capitol Commission, in a sudden reversal, voted unanimously Monday to ban the open carry of guns inside the Michigan Capitol, effective immediately.
LANSING — If a 200-man brigade were to storm the Michigan Capitol, as an anti-government group allegedly planned, would capital police be ready for it?
A 6-foot fence surrounded the Capitol in 1994. The Klan was inside it. This isn't the first time a 6-foot fence has been erected in anticipation of tense protests at the Michigan Capitol.
At the top of the Michigan Capitol — Under gold and silver stars, against a serene blue background, crews have been working on scaffolding that reaches 150 feet high, in recent months, to clean ...
In Michigan, concealed and open carry firearms are allowed in the Capitol, but signs have been banned since 2012 after right-to-work protesters came to the Capitol.
Phil Robinson of Michigan Liberty Militia said a ban would infringe on people's constitutional right to keep and bear arms. "This is my house," Robinson said gesturing toward the Capitol building.
It's especially relevant because gunmen have stormed the Capitol before, albeit on a much smaller scale, said Michael McDaniel, associate dean of the Lansing campus of Western Michigan University ...