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A reader asks why voters in East Lansing don't directly decide who will be Mayor. In our latest "Ask ELi," we explain the history, the costs, and the politics.

City of East Lansing staff and Council spent time with more than 70 community members Wednesday night to talk about the budget issues facing the City. ELi's Chris Root reports on the first of two planned community engagement meetings.

The Mayor now says City Council did vote to approve the $20,000 settlement in the federal fraud case involving City Attorney Tom Yeadon's property. Council will act tonight to make the vote public, two months later.

The City of East Lansing has paid $20,000 to settle a federal whistleblower suit that alleged a "kickback" to the City Attorney and his partners. ELi's Alice Dreger reports.

East Lansing's City Council agreed Tuesday night to keep the festivals going this coming summer and to keep Fire Station #2 open, but there was not a lot of other consensus among Councilmembers on where or how to start cutting the budget. ELi's Chris Root reports.

East Lansing's City Council met for four hours Sunday morning to start setting strategic prioirites and to work on budget cuts. About twenty citizens attended. ELi's Chris Root reports.

In a decision issued today, a federal judge ordered that the City of East Lansing must allow Country Mills to return as a vendor at the East Lansing Farmer's Market while the court decides a lawsuit involving questions of religious freedom and discrimination against same-gender couples.

City Manager George Lahanas responds specifically and strongly to a claim by MSU’s President that the City’s dire financial situation is the result of “past financial mismanagement.”

With more and more East Lansing property owners vocally upset about BWL's tree-cutting program, City government interest in the matter appears to be increasing.

The City Manager has decided he's satisfied with the findings of a consultant's look at Harbor Bay Real Estate and the Center City District plan.

The City has received and released a financial review of the Center City District plan. With the City required to respond to it by tomorrow, what do we learn from it?

East Lansing’s City Planning staff failed to take care of critically-important paperwork in the Park District redevelopment deal. The results are significant. ELi's Alice Dreger reports. 

With no explanation provided, the City has announced that the public hearings for the Center City District redevelopment proposal have been postponed.

Results of a new Freedom of Information Act request show that the City of East Lansing withheld key data on the Center City District proposal for over three months. Mayor Mark Meadows tells ELi, "There is no hidden staff agenda or suppression of information involved here.”

City Council is moving toward asking voters to decide on a new city income tax this November. At last night's meeting, all five members supported the idea of putting it on the ballot.