ELi's Community Advisory Board is asking readers to consider submitting essays on why they are for or against the income tax proposal set for the August 7 ballot. The deadline to submit is today, Sunday, July 15, at midnight.

The new redevelopment proposal for the now-vacant lots downtown came to Planning Commission last night and was met with lots of questions. ELi's Jessy Gregg and Alice Dreger report.

ELi's gotten a lot of attention this year in the national press - yesterday The Christian Science Monitor looked at our citizen-journalism model, and our impact on the community.

Since the summer of 1974, Bailey Neighborhood residents (and anyone else who likes ice cream) have gathered for an annual evening of ice cream and community. This year, there's an opportunity for social-goers to support improvements to Bailey Park. Christopher Wardell has the scoop.

Downtown businesses are now asking the City for financial relief in the face of the hardship caused by construction of the Center City District project. Ann Nichols and Alice Dreger report.

“I never thought it was in the bag today,” Lansing United coach Nate Miller said. ELi's Andrew Graham reports on why a "W" was no sure thing, and why last night's championship game was full of surprises.

Want the low-down on who worked for ELi this past month, what work they did, and what it all cost? You got it.