Government

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.

City Council has decided a second time to delay action on a law regulating where medical marijuana provisioning centers (dispensaries) are allowed to operate in East Lansing. Ann Nichols reports.

Wondering what's going to happen near the intersection of Abbot and Grand River? A new plan is forming, and ELi's Jessy Gregg has the story from last night's City Council meeting.

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.

Police Chief Larry Sparkes has provided details on each of sixteen complaints made against ELPD officers in 2017. ELi's Chris Root reports.

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.

With more money coming to East Lansing from Ingham County's Trails and Parks Millage, work on deteriorated pedestrian bridges along East Lansing’s Norther Tier Trail is beginning this month. ELi's Jessy Gregg reports.

While East Lansing’s new Comprehensive Plan has been years in the making, it looks like it may move through the final stages of approval relatively quickly in early 2018.

Based on the number of issues and questions arising during last night's public hearing, City Council decided to defer action on Ordinance 1416, which regulates the location of medical marijuana provisioning centers, until their January 9th meeting. ELi's Jessy Gregg reports.

What can the City of East Lansing expect in terms of benefits and costs of the Center City District redevelopment project? A reader asked, and we dug through a lot of records to get some answers.

East Lansing Planning staff say that the Center City District bonds have now closed, which means construction is officially starting on the project. What should we expect in the coming months? 

The East Lansing Elected Officers Compensation Commission has voted to hold the pay of City Councilmembers steady, with no raise. 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.

City Council has unanimously approved "The Hub," a controversial 10-story project near MSU's campus designed to house 585 student residents and very few of their cars. ELi's Jessy Gregg 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.