Government

It appears that the City of East Lansing is using tax dollars to produce “news” about the Center City deal that is just downright deceptive. ELi's Publisher brings you the facts.

ELi's Alice Dreger brings you the latest on the proposal for two 14-story towers on Bogue Street, bookending the Farmhouse Fraternity. The developer's goal is to build housing for 1,773 more students.

Ruth Beier thinks the DDA properties are the wrong place for a building as tall as those going up along Grand River Avenue. But Mark Meadows wants to hold back on the upzoning in order to use it as a negotiating point with other developers. ELi's Chris Root reports.

All on Council stood behind the law's intention. But Ruth Beier called it "another ordinance we can't enforce," and worried it will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in lawsuits. The City Attorney says we will find out if East Lansing lacks jurisdiction.

MDOT is set to spend $300,000 along Michigan Avenue, west of Harrison Road, in conjunction with the big sewer project there. An open-house on Thursday provides residents and businesses an opportunity to learn more and weigh in.

Should East Lansing's City Council outlaw "conversion therapy" to protect LGBTQ youth? Or should they just pass a resolution condemning it? That question will be debated tonight.

ELi’s reporters are always happy to sniff things out for readers, and today we got to take that literally.

This Tuesday, Sept. 10, East Lansing's City Council will decide whether to rezone for big redevelopment just north of Peoples Church. What are seen as the potential benefits of and problems with such rezoning?

What was that Maypole-like structure drawing in people at Valley Court Park yesterday, with all that bright pink yarn? ELi’s Amalia Medina explains.

An ELi reader asked "why a right-wing misogynist, homophobic church is meeting in a public school!" in East Lansing. ELi's Alice Dreger parses out the issues and context.

Think the City of East Lansing writes a lot of parking tickets? You'd be right. ELi brings you the revenue numbers and the perspective of one ticket recipient.

Tonight’s “discussion-only” meeting of East Lansing’s City Council is showing a pretty packed agenda, including a number of items that have caused a lot of discussion around town. Here’s a preview from ELi.

Core Spaces, which just opened The Hub along Grand River Avenue, wants to build another project along Bogue Street, with two 14-story buildings to house 1,700 MSU students. ELi brings you the latest proposal's details, renderings, and context.

ELi's Chris Root describes the near-unanimous Planning Commission decision in opposition to the latest Royal Vlahakis proposal to develop properties on Evergreen Avenue.

Planning Commissioner Jack Cahill noted that use of Target’s state liquor license requires an approved local permit. Target doesn't have it yet. ELi’s Alice Dreger reports on Target’s and Jolly Pumpkin’s movement through the alcohol permitting process, which some Commissioners suggested be retired.