Government

With CATA facing a federal grant deadline for its BRT project, the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce announced today its opposition to the plan. ELi's Alice Dreger reports.

We now have the official account of what led to the Boil Water Advisory earlier this month. Eli's Ian Hoopingarner tells our readers what we've learned.

Residents on the northern edge of the City asked Council to require developers to install sidewalks along undeveloped properties on Coleman Road. This lead to a lively Council debate about balancing competing interests.

A whole lot happened at a short East Lansing City Council meeting this week. We give you the full scoop in your weekly Council Capsule.

Letters uncovered by a group critical of CATA's Bus Rapid Transit plans show MSU's President Lou Anna Simon has been a long-running skeptic of the project.

Bonding for the City's pension debt? The idea is being discussed, but many have concerns about it. ELi's Chris Root reports.

City Council has not been observing the ethics ordinance it passed in December of last year. ELi's Alice Dreger has the details.

The City of East Lansing is asking residents to help figure out where there are lead-containing water pipes. Eli spoke with City Infrastructure Administrator Ron Lacasse to learn more.

Keep boiling your water before consumption.

The City of East Lansing says you should not drink water unless it has been boiled (and cooled) first. ELi has the details of the advisory.

In our continuing series on safety problems at our wastewater treatment plant, we look at lawsuit evidence suggesting City workers didn't get the protections they were due.

Looks like Costco will be asking for a tax incentive to build its new East Lansing store. ELi's Alice Dreger reports on this and the plans for the site.

When did the superintendent of East Lansing’s wastewater treatment plant really find out that somewhere between a pound and a pound-and-a-half of elemental mercury had been spilled at the plant?

Depositions in the lawsuit brought by workers against the City suggest City administrators failed to act on safety recommendations regarding asbestos at our wastewater treatment plant.

We spoke with Mike Moquin, the Chair of the Financial Health Review Team, to learn more about how the group is thinking about the City's debt problem and possible ways to deal with it.