Government

Our readers have a lot of questions about the ongoing tree-cutting by electrical utility BWL. ELi brings you in-depth answers.

Will the proposed property tax reduction really offset the cost of the proposed income tax for East Lansing homeowners? A reader asked, and ELi's Jessy Gregg brings the answer.

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.

Some property owners in East Lansing are deeply distressed by what BWL is doing to their old trees as the utility catches up with vegetation management around the company's power lines.

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. 

Near midnight on Tuesday, City Council formally voted to put a City income tax on the November ballot, along with a property tax reduction that would take effect only if the income tax passes. ELi's Jessy Gregg reports.

In a unified show of support for the project, East Lansing’s City Council unanimously approved the Center City District Proposal last night.

East Lansing’s City Council appears set to decide tomorrow night whether to put a City income tax on the ballot this November.

The Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian group helping an East Lansing Farmer's Market vendor sue East Lansing over its civil rights ordinance, is drumming up donations and anger. But it has yet to serve the City in the suit.

With East Lansing's City Council likely to vote on the Center City District proposal on Tuesday, the newly-released draft development agreement between the City and Harbor Bay raises significant questions.

East Lansing’s City Council appears set to take up two major issues at next Tuesday’s Council meeting: a possible City income tax and the Center City District redevelopment proposal.

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

Council has put its final stamp of approval on the Park District proposal. If the state approves the $10 million tax credit for the project next month, demolition could start in August, with the blighted buildings gone by early fall.