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What did City Council do this week? Condemned a house, followed a wish to have free parking during the Great Pumpkin Walk, set a tax exemption hearing, and much more.

After years of tension, EL City Council looks ready to vote on two new ordinances that will let EL landlords improve their "nonconforming" properties.

City Council talked budget, rental nonconforming ordinances, student life, and BWL tree-trimming at last week's meeting, held on the MSU campus.

Following a voter registration surge, City Clerk Marie Wicks is looking for more Election Day workers. ELi's Val Thonger and Ken Sperber explain the details—and the joys—of being an Election Inspector in East Lansing.

With the City facing major budgetary problems, residents could ultimately be seeing cuts to emergency services, parks and recreation, the library, and more. ELi's Chris Root reports.

What's planned now for the Park District, and what do neighbors, including Peoples Church members, think of it? We sent reporter Ian Hoopingarner to Planning Commission to bring you back the full scoop.

This week, EL City Council voted to make big changes in the City's parking system, decriminalized small amounts of marijuana under certain circumstances, and more.

Today, "Ask ELi" looks at the question of what rights property owners have with regard to BWL's tree trimming and tree removal. We talk to Greg McClelland, the lawyer who defended two East Lansing homeowners sued by BWL.

Judge Clinton Canady refused today to dismiss the suit brought by nine workers at the wastewater treatment plant against the City of East Lansing, saying the workers may be able to show the City failed to adequately protect them from asbestos and mercury exposure.

Here's your chance to tell the Financial Health Team how you are experiencing City services.

East Lansing’s City Council will hold a public hearing this Tuesday, October 11, 2016, on the possible decriminalization of marijuana in East Lansing. Here's a rundown on the current situation, what Council might do, and the possible fallout.

Above: Emmy Scott speaking to East Lansing's City Council on September 27.

This year, for the first time in its history, instead of Columbus Day, the City of East Lansing will celebrate Indigenous People’s Day on the second Monday of October.

With controversy over the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) plan increasing, CATA has decided to directly present the project to East Lansing residents next Monday evening. Read more from ELi's Alice Dreger.

Want to know what happened at City Council this week? We have you covered.