Government

City Council has granted Charlie Kang’s restaurant its request to sell alcohol. The long-time downtown East Lansing establishment plans to do so at its new location.

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.

The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) today answered questions from ELi about what's going on with state-level delays on review of the Park District project, a major redevelopment slated to replace the blight downtown.

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.

A decision not to change the zoning law takes eleven months, at least four commissions, a minimum of nine public meetings, and officially makes sheds illegal for downtown businesses. Kepler Domurat-Sousa reports.

The City tells ELi it's aware of the problems caused by the power-washing of the water tower at Gordon Guyer Park. Polyurethane chips have been sent flying all over the area from the cleaning.

The Downtown Development Authority has decided to spend $20,000 to hire a PR firm to try to help businesses downtown survive anticipated major construction from the Park District and Center City District projects. Why aren't those projects moving forward yet?

How are ELPD, the Mayor, those running for City Council, and free-speech advocates thinking about the possibility of a white nationalist speaking on MSU's campus?

While East Lansing is working to get enough funding in place to finally make repairs to its trails system, local bicycle advocates are questioning what they say is "diversion" of funds from trails to parks by Ingham County.

Today comes the news of more delay in demolition of the blight downtown. So why are we seeing construction workers there?

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.”

Does East Lansing's Family Aquatic Center pay for itself out of entry fees, or do taxpayers subsidize its operations? A reader asked, and today we bring you the answer.