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What’s going on with the Center City District project? Confusing signals are coming out of City Hall, and at least one long-time downtown business owner is seriously frustrated with all the uncertainty.

A reader asked about signage at Whole Foods that asserts the right "to refuse service to anyone." Is that different from the actions of the Charlotte cider mill that led East Lansing to oust them as farmers' market vendors? ELi's Ann Nichols reports.

East Lansing School Board member Yasmina Bouraoui has announced that she will retire from the Board later this month; the Board is accepting letters of interest as a first step in filling the empty seat. Karessa Wheeler reports.

Is it possible for a viable write-in candidate to emerge at this point? What would such a candidate have to do according to the law? City Clerk Marie Wicks and County Clerk Barb Byrum explain the process for ELi readers.

Today we learn that the investor set to buy up to $31 million in publicly-issued bonds on the Center City District project appears to be the father of developer Mark Bell. ELi's Alice Dreger reports the newest twists in this unusual deal.