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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.

Chris Hosey, Xochitl Kwasnik, Rylie McClean, Noor Pawar, Anaiis Rios-Kasoga, Sophia Strasburg, and Ashleigh Weiszbrod participated in our intro program, while Kepler Domurat-Sousa, Adham Fattah, Noa Kuszai, Mara Logan, and Somer Sodeman completed the advanced course.

The deadline is approaching for area youth (ages 15-22) to apply for ELi's Summer Youth Journalism Program. The two-week intensive provides great training and $250 to each participant. We have a couple of spots left.

How much has ELi spent in 2019? What did we spend it on, how much do we have left in the bank, and what did we produce? Publisher Alice Dreger brings you another in our ongoing series of ELi budgetary transparency reports.

Transparency is nonpartisan: people of all political affiliations – unless they have a personal interest that disincentivizes them – want transparency from their governments. ELi Publisher Alice Dreger wonders if ELi should shift its reporting focus and just trust that City leaders are making good decisions?

East Lansing Info Publisher Alice Dreger is traveling to Houston this week to share the ELi fundraising success story - and more - at the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) annual conference. 

ELi's Publisher explains why your dedicated public service local news organization sometimes purposely delays bringing you the news.

ELi's third annual program provides area youth, ages 15-22, an opportunity to learn journalistic ethics and practices and to earn a $250 educational stipend. Applications are now being accepted!

ELi's Publisher updates you on staff shifts at ELi, and lets you in on why these life-cycle staff shifts are what allow East Lansing to keep getting the news.

Why have some readers been having problems accessing our reports, and how can you help diagnose the problem?

ELi's Publisher lets you in on what it's like trying to get information out of this City administration.

The benefits of the City Clerk's new approach to Freedom of Information Act requests are big for the public, including for East Lansing Info as your public service local news source. Our Publisher explains.

East Lansing Info has obtained $5,000 in bonuses from NewsMatch because we hit two important benchmarks in our 2019 Sustainability Campaign. ELi's Jessy Gregg brings the good news.

The City of East Lansing has recently begun publishing e-Dialog reports on what happened at City Council. ELi's Publisher Alice Dreger explains why we encourage you to read those reports, but to sign up for ELi's weekly news summary as well.

What did ELi obtain in donations in 2018, and what were our expenses? What did we produce? Our publisher brings you our 2018 Annual Report.