Elections

East Lansing City Council candidate Susan Woods has been the subject of a number of complaints regarding conflicts of interest and use of the non-profit East Lansing Film Festival's resources for political business. We asked her to respond.

ELi's Jessy Gregg answers more questions about the tax proposals. Why would residents pay double the income tax of non-residents? Won't the plan disproportionately harm renters? (And much more.)

If proposed state legislation passes, East Lansing and other cities would be further limited in what income taxes they could levy. The mayor says MSU is behind this, but MSU tells ELi that's not so.

East Lansing City Council candidate Aaron Stephens has been accused by two fellow MSU students of seriously mismanaging a leadership position at MSU's model United Nations organization, "nearly put[ting] the organization into financial ruin through neglect.”

You've got questions about the income tax proposal. ELi's Jessy Gregg brings answers.

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MSU's Trustees have rejected a deal wherein City Council would pull the income tax proposal if MSU provided $20 million over eight years. Now, Council says, if voters don't approve an income tax, emergency services may be slashed.

Some local business owners and MSU student leaders are calling on City Council to pull the income tax proposal off the November ballot. ELi's Jessy Gregg reports.

MSU leaders and East Lansing's Mayor continue to argue over the wisdom and fairness of the possible institution of a City income tax and simultaneous property tax reduction. ELi's Jessy Gregg and Alice Dreger report.

Even as an MSU spokesperson says the benefits MSU already bestows on East Lansing are enormous, MSU and the City are apparently still negotiating over ways MSU might pay East Lansing enough to get City Council to withdraw a proposal for a city income tax.

Could East Lansing’s City Council still pull the income tax question (with the associated property tax reduction question) off the November 7 ballot? We asked City Clerk Marie Wicks.

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.”

Communications provided to ELi reveal that MSU’s President Simon has been trying to talk East Lansing's Council out of a proposed City-wide income tax, offering millions of dollars to stop the income tax. So far, East Lansing’s Mayor Meadows has told Simon "no deal."

Why are only three people running for Council this year? We asked around to get answers.

As of 4 p.m. today, it's official: there are three candidates for two open East Lansing City Council seats in this November's election.