Articles by Alice Dreger:

• MSU Will Require Sophomores to Live On-Campus Starting in 2022, 01 Dec 2020
• East Lansing BRA Advised to Refinance Bonds to Avoid “Considerable Headline and Reputational Risk”, 30 Nov 2020
• The Bond Mystery Continues. What DO We Know Is Happening This Week in City Government?, 29 Nov 2020
• It’s Trivia Night with the ELi Team!, 28 Nov 2020
• Footgear Is Closing After Four Decades in East Lansing, 28 Nov 2020
• Join the ELi Bucket Brigade!, 26 Nov 2020
• Spend Locally – A New and Urgent Series from ELi, 24 Nov 2020
• We Still Don’t Know What’s Happening With The Center City Bonds, 24 Nov 2020
• More on the Cost of Living Rising in East Lansing, 21 Nov 2020
• Big Infrastructure Project Will Change Park District Area – and Peoples Church Isn’t Pleased, 17 Nov 2020
• The Rising Cost of Living in East Lansing, 14 Nov 2020
• UPDATE: Wrench Thrown Into MSUFCU’s Downtown Office Building Plan, 13 Nov 2020
• Council Asked to Consider Tax Exemption for TechSmith, 13 Nov 2020
• Babcock Questions Center City District Bond Refinancing, Gets Some Interesting Answers, 12 Nov 2020
• Many Big Issues Coming Before East Lansing’s Elected and Appointed Officials, 07 Nov 2020
• Want your ballot counted on Tuesday? Then vote TODAY., 02 Nov 2020
• We Can Double Your Gift to ELi Now!, 01 Nov 2020
• What’s Coming This Week in East Lansing, 01 Nov 2020
• If You Are Doing Okay, Can You Please Give ELi a Few Minutes?, 27 Oct 2020
• CORRECTION: $6M Bond Dispute Will NOT Get a Fresh Pair of Legal Eyes, 26 Oct 2020
• City of East Lansing Holds Closed Meeting to Teach Open Meetings Act, 25 Oct 2020
• New City Attorney Asked to Look at $6M Question of the Center City District Bonds, 23 Oct 2020
• UPDATE: DDA Follows Council’s OK for 95-Day Extension of Exclusive Redevelopment Contract, 22 Oct 2020
• What Happened at City Council Last Night?, 21 Oct 2020
• Explore Vacant Commercial Properties in Downtown East Lansing, 17 Oct 2020
• Investors Interested in $29M East Lansing Bond Offer Must RSVP Fast, 16 Oct 2020
• TSB Capital Advisors’ relations with Harbor Bay Real Estate Advisors, 13 Oct 2020
• School Board Cancelled Due to Supreme Court Ruling – Is City Council Next?, 13 Oct 2020
• Big Week of Meetings Coming for East Lansing, 10 Oct 2020
• Now’s Your Chance to Suggest Changes to East Lansing’s Ordinances, 09 Oct 2020
• Your ELi: Remembering an Extraordinary Council-Watcher, 08 Oct 2020
• East Lansing Bond Default? Not If Mark Bell Pays His Father $2.4M, As Required, 05 Oct 2020
• More Student Apartments on the Northern Tier? Plus Answers to Other Reader Questions!, 02 Oct 2020
• As Default (Allegedly) Looms, the Center City District Bond Now Involves a Myriad of Disputes, 30 Sep 2020
• Kim Johnson Named New Chief of East Lansing Police, 23 Sep 2020
• Downtown MSUFCU Project Approved Unanimously, 23 Sep 2020
• This Week’s “Ask ELi” Grab Bag, 22 Sep 2020
• Big Governmental Decisions Coming in East Lansing, 20 Sep 2020
• Quarantined Houses Map, 18 Sep 2020
• UPDATE: 39 Houses Now Under Mandatory Quarantine, As Some Criticism of Approaches Continues, 17 Sep 2020
• MSUFCU’s Downtown Office Proposal Coming to Council for Decision, 17 Sep 2020
• ELi Restarts Posting at Facebook, 13 Sep 2020
• How to make sure Facebook is showing you ELi’s latest work, 12 Sep 2020
• Hawk Nest Homeowners Petition to Join East Lansing Public Schools District, 11 Sep 2020
• News Analysis: The Cultural Challenges of Covid-19 in East Lansing, 10 Sep 2020
• Newman Lofts’ Tenants to City Council: Please Deny Harbor Bay’s Request, 10 Sep 2020
• East Lansing Income Tax Revenue 33% Higher Than Expected, 08 Sep 2020
• More Small Business Relief Now Available in East Lansing, 04 Sep 2020
• PSA: Park at the Old Biggby’s, Risk Getting Towed, 04 Sep 2020
• ELi Board of Directors Responds to Harbor Bay’s “Ethics Complaint”, 01 Sep 2020
• Four Firms Selected for City Attorney Interviews, 28 Aug 2020
• City Attorney Job Draws Eight Applicants; Review Begins Tonight, 27 Aug 2020
• Your ELi: Organizational Regrouping, 25 Aug 2020
• East Lansing Loses a Giant of Redevelopment: David Krause, 25 Aug 2020
• Ask ELi: Will The Abbot Be Open On Time? UPDATED, 24 Aug 2020
• Why Did ELi Just Wish Courtney a Happy Birthday?, 21 Aug 2020
• Council Meeting Cancelled Due to Technical Difficulties, 18 Aug 2020
• And It’s Off: MSU Goes Remote for Fall Undergraduate Classes, 18 Aug 2020
• Health Department Limits Outdoor Parties to 25 People in Student-Heavy Areas of East Lansing, 18 Aug 2020
• “Weaponizing the Police” Is Now a Crime in East Lansing, 18 Aug 2020
• Amid Much Talk of Racial Justice, Council Approves Three Recreational Marijuana Shops in East Lansing, 17 Aug 2020
• Superintendent and School Board Members Respond to Push for Detailed Reopening Plan, 15 Aug 2020
• Surprising 6-1 Split Vote on MSUFCU Project at Planning Commission, 13 Aug 2020
• UPDATE: Council Puts Off Question of Adding 2 Seats to East Lansing’s City Council, 12 Aug 2020
• What Happened at City Council Last Night?, 12 Aug 2020
• MSU Credit Union Proposal for Downtown Reviewed by Planning Commission, 12 Aug 2020
• Former Harper’s Employees Appeal to City Council for Justice, as Owners Fight Back, 05 Aug 2020
• NPR’s Fresh Air Talks about ELi as a Local News Model, 04 Aug 2020
• Significant Vacancies on East Lansing Government Commissions, 04 Aug 2020
• “Coming for Lahanas Next”? Apparently Not, as Mayor Moves to Extend City Manager’s Contract, 30 Jul 2020
• Developer Wants 450 Days More for Evergreen Properties Talks . . . And Wants TIF, 27 Jul 2020
• East Lansing Seeks Lawyers, and More Lawyers, and a Financial Advisor, 24 Jul 2020
• Harper’s Faced the Liquor Control Commission: What Happened and What’s Next, 23 Jul 2020
• Policing “Realignment” Announced, as Police Oversight Study Committee Named, 17 Jul 2020
• BRA Votes to Rescind Center City Bond Resolution, 16 Jul 2020
• BRA Will Meet Tomorrow to Re-Do Bond, as Developer Pleads for Understanding, 14 Jul 2020
• Sudden Switch of Special Prosecutor in Stephenson Case, 14 Jul 2020
• Last Week’s Center City Bond Vote Was Based on the Wrong Numbers; They’re Off by $6 Million, 13 Jul 2020
• Materials related to the Center City District deal, 12 Jul 2020
• Suddenly the City Attorney’s Contract Is In Question?, 11 Jul 2020
• BRA Approves Bond Up to $33.5M, Interest Rate Up to 8%, with $1M More for the Developers, 10 Jul 2020
• Special Prosecutor Named in Stephenson Case, 08 Jul 2020
• East Lansing May Borrow $33 Million to Pay a $25 Million Debt. Who’s Getting that $8 Million?, 07 Jul 2020
• East Lansing’s Council Gives Mayor Extraordinary Emergency Powers, 01 Jul 2020
• Recreational Marijuana Sales May Come Soon to East Lansing. But What About Social Equity?, 30 Jun 2020
• MSUFCU Submits Plans for Downtown Office Tower – Including One Huge Brick Wall, 30 Jun 2020
• Pointing at Harper’s, Health Dept. Now Stops All Restaurants from Hosting Over 75 People, 29 Jun 2020
• Businesses Opening and Closing Along East Lansing’s Main Corridor, 29 Jun 2020
• Fallout from Harper’s Covid Cluster Continues, 28 Jun 2020
• Harper’s COVID Cluster Rises to 85 People, None Hospitalized, 27 Jun 2020
• Citizens and Attorney Defend Officer Stephenson at Council; Prosecutor Not Yet Named, 26 Jun 2020
• East Lansing Police Department (ELPD) Annual Reports, 25 Jun 2020
• ELi Is Taking a Break from Facebook, 25 Jun 2020
• With the Public Ramps Bleeding Money, City Eliminates Free 2-Hour Parking Downtown, 24 Jun 2020
• Harper’s COVID Cases Now at 22, Including Employee, 23 Jun 2020
• Gas Leak Halts Construction at The Abbot, Closes Streets, 23 Jun 2020
• County Health Officials Now Identify 14 Coronavirus Cases Tied to Harper’s, 23 Jun 2020
• UPDATE: Gunfire in Chesterfield Hills Confirmed by Police, 22 Jun 2020
• East Lansing Development Updates (Spoiler Alert: The Abbot Opens Late August), 22 Jun 2020
• Big Issues at East Lansing Meetings This Week, 21 Jun 2020
• Calls for Demilitarizing Local Police Grow, as Protest Planned for Next Wednesday, 19 Jun 2020
• Lawyer for Stephenson Defends Him and Warns: Council May Drive Good Officers Out of ELPD, 18 Jun 2020
• In Change of Plans, The CITADEL Project Makes the Parking the City’s Problem, 17 Jun 2020
• Rep. Elissa Slotkin Speaks on Policing and Pandemic Issues Facing East Lansing, 16 Jun 2020
• Farmers Market Open Today 10 am – 2 pm, 14 Jun 2020
• Albert Ave. Converted to Outdoor Dine-and-Drink Space, 12 Jun 2020
• Siemon Asks Attorney General for Special Prosecutor in ELPD Stephenson Case, 11 Jun 2020
• Downtown Development Authority Moves to Hire Independent Counsel, 11 Jun 2020
• State Police Send Warrant Request to County Prosecutor on Stephenson Investigation, 11 Jun 2020
• In Tense Meeting, City Council Debates How to Deal with East Lansing’s Police, 10 Jun 2020
• Parks & Rec Reverses Course; Will Open Playgrounds and Dog Park, 10 Jun 2020
• County Prosecutor Siemon Drops Charges Against Loggins, Looks at Complaint Against Stephenson, 05 Jun 2020
• What Sunday’s ELPD Parking Lot Video Shows about the Police Car Damaged, 05 Jun 2020
• The Farmers Market Opens Sunday, Pandemic Style. Here’s What to Expect., 05 Jun 2020
• East Lansing Real Estate Developer Scott Chappelle Indicted for Tax and Bank Fraud, 04 Jun 2020
• ELPD Seeks Information on Bananas Left on Sidewalks with Racist Messaging, 04 Jun 2020
• Outdoor Dining in East Lansing Next Week? At Least in Some Places., 04 Jun 2020
• Ask ELi: Was an ELPD cruiser used as bait?, 03 Jun 2020
• Protestors Call for Action from East Lansing City Leaders, 02 Jun 2020
• With Protest Planned for Noon, East Lansing Police Chief Says: “We are listening.”, 02 Jun 2020
• ELPD Vehicle Smashed in Large and Angry Protest Over Police Brutality, 31 May 2020
• Here Comes Another “No-Fee” Yard Waste Pick-Up. What Will It Cost?, 29 May 2020
• Here’s An Update on the MSUFCU Downtown Office Tower Plan, 29 May 2020
• Applications Now Sought for Study Committee on Independent Police Oversight, 28 May 2020
• Mayor Ruth Beier Sees Big Benefits and Big Risks to MSU’s Decision, 27 May 2020
• Council Unanimously Approves Police Oversight Study Group; Split Vote Removes Mayor as Chair, 27 May 2020
• Barrio Tacos May Open Soon, But Jolly Pumpkin Not Until Fall, 26 May 2020
• City Government Meetings that Will (and Won’t) Happen in East Lansing Next Week, 22 May 2020
• East Lansing School Board Trustee Wants Planning for Fall to Start Now, 22 May 2020
• East Lansing’s Housing Study Never Did Start, and Now the Plan Is On Hold, 22 May 2020
• Police Association Blasts East Lansing’s Plans for Study Committee, 21 May 2020
• The Red Cedar River Is Flooding, 20 May 2020
• Emergency Closures Cause City of East Lansing’s Revenues to Plummet, 19 May 2020
• Citizen Petition Demands East Lansing Police Officer Stephenson Be Fired, 16 May 2020
• Hey, 517! Playmakers Has a Run/Walk for Just for Us, 15 May 2020
• Now a “Stakeholders Committee” Will Work with Developers on Evergreen Properties, 15 May 2020
• December Arrest Video Finally Released, As City Manager Seeks New ELPD Chief, 13 May 2020
• Construction Resumes on ELPS Schools, with Demolition of Marble School Imminent, 12 May 2020
• Ask ELi: What’s With the Rented Garbage Trucks?, 12 May 2020
• Council Members Waive $90K in Fees for Bars and Restaurants, But Some Want More Control, 11 May 2020
• Ask ELi: How’s the Mask-Sewing Crew Doing?, 10 May 2020
• ELi Readers Match Donated Local Funds, Raise $16K for Local News!, 08 May 2020
• Three Important East Lansing Meetings Next Week, 08 May 2020
• State Police Investigation Exonerates ELPD Officer with History of Bias Complaints, 04 May 2020
• What’s Happening with That Thing in East Lansing?, 04 May 2020
• East Lansing Public Schools Now Facing Millions in Cuts, 01 May 2020
• Gotcha Scooters Came Back. So the City Called the County Prosecutor., 30 Apr 2020
• Four East Lansing Meetings You Might Want to Know About, 29 Apr 2020
• Why Pay LEAP $10K to Administer East Lansing’s Small Business Grants?, 29 Apr 2020
• East Lansing School Board and City Council Will Both Meet This Week, 26 Apr 2020
• We Have Almost $5,000 in Match Dollars That Need You, 24 Apr 2020
• DDA Signs Exclusive Agreement with River Caddis on Evergreen Properties, 24 Apr 2020
• MSUFCU Going Ahead with Downtown Project, But City Pauses Housing Study, 23 Apr 2020
• City Staff Recommends Another Exclusive Development Agreement on the Evergreen Properties, 21 Apr 2020
• What’s Going on with Meetings at the City of East Lansing? We Are Trying to Figure That Out., 20 Apr 2020
• Emails Show Some School Board Members Asked About Earlier Actions, 20 Apr 2020
• We Need Your Financial Help for ELi’s Reporting, 17 Apr 2020
• City Council Firmly Opposed to Developers’ Ask on Newman Lofts, 17 Apr 2020
• Center City Developers Want to Convert Senior Housing to Allow Student Rentals, 16 Apr 2020
• Will the New Whitehills and Pinecrest Schools Be Ready By Fall?, 15 Apr 2020
• ELi has six more years’ reporting on the East Lansing Public Library in our archives!, 15 Apr 2020
• City of East Lansing Is Resuming Meetings, 14 Apr 2020
• As East Lansing’s Local Economy Is Devastated, City Lays Off 125 Employees, 13 Apr 2020
• With ELPS Still Not Providing Organized Education, School Board Will Meet, 13 Apr 2020
• How Is ELi Doing?, 10 Apr 2020
• Developer of Halted East Lansing Project Is Concerned, 09 Apr 2020
• ELi’s Summer Youth Journalism Program, 05 Apr 2020
• ELi Has a New Website!, 05 Apr 2020
• Newly-Released Data Show Racial Bias in East Lansing Policing, 01 Apr 2020
• Ingham County Health Department: “This virus has spread in the community.”, 29 Mar 2020
• Pandemic Stalls Construction – But The Abbot Lands a Retail Tenant, 27 Mar 2020
• How Are Two of Our Most Dogged Reporters Handling the Crush of East Lansing News?, 24 Mar 2020
• Updated Info on Emergency Meals for Kids and Senior Citizens, 24 Mar 2020
• The Mayor of East Lansing Is Angry, 23 Mar 2020
• City of East Lansing Postpones Income Tax Deadline, and Faces Financial Uncertainty, 23 Mar 2020
• East Lansing Public School Families – Including Governor’s – Facing Confusion, Frustration, 22 Mar 2020
• East Lansing Emergency Services Continue, with Precautions, 20 Mar 2020
• East Lansing City Council Meets Under New Rules to Extend State of Emergency, 20 Mar 2020
• Senior Citizens Facing Unique Set of Circumstances, Especially in Nursing Homes, 20 Mar 2020
• ELi’s Updates on the Situation in East Lansing, 19 Mar 2020
• City Council Holding Special Meeting on Friday Morning, 19 Mar 2020
• Ask ELi: Will the Coronavirus Change the Census Count in East Lansing? UPDATED, 18 Mar 2020
• And Then There Was One: Convexity Withdraws Its Proposal for the Evergreen Properties, 17 Mar 2020
• Mayor Beier Declares State of Emergency in East Lansing: UPDATED WITH NEW INFO, 16 Mar 2020
• East Lansing Bar and Restaurant Owners Now Making Tough Choices, 15 Mar 2020
• City Leaders Trying to Disperse Bar Crowds for Public Health, 14 Mar 2020
• ELPS Emergency Plan for Feeding Kids Announced, 14 Mar 2020
• How to Social-Distance in East Lansing, 13 Mar 2020
• ELPS Superintendent Says “Situation Is Fluid and Quickly Changing”, 11 Mar 2020
• Ask ELi: Why Is Construction at Donley and Glencairn Still Not Finished?, 11 Mar 2020
• East Lansing Info’s Annual Report for 2019, 28 Jan 2020
• East Lansing Info’s Annual Report for 2018, 31 Jan 2019