What’s Happening Now with Downtown East Lansing Development?
Catch up with ELi on the latest in downtown East Lansing redevelopment, including potentially in Valley Court Park....
East Lansing Government Won’t Say Who Keeps Canceling All These Public Meetings
While other local municipalities continue with business as normal, East Lansing's own government is nearly halted, supposedly over Covid concerns. But who made that...
East Lansing Government Won’t Say Who Keeps Canceling All These Public Meetings
While other local municipalities continue with business as normal, East Lansing's own government is nearly halted, supposedly over Covid concerns. But who made that...
Anti-Nepotism Law to Be Considered by East Lansing’s Council Would Allow for Exceptions (UPDATED)
What will count as prohibited forms of nepotism in the City of East Lansing, and why is the law just coming into effect now?...
Body Believed to Be That of Brendan Santo Recovered from Red Cedar River (Updated)
Santo has been missing since last October. A recent petition had called for damming the river to look for his body. Police have notified the family and expressed...
Council Votes 4-1 for Moped Parking Regulation, While E-Scooters Still Irritate Pedestrians
Mopeds can't park at bike racks anymore, as a new East Lansing law restricts their parking. And what about those e-scooters left blocking sidewalks?...
Sparrow’s Own Stats Show Hospitalization Risk Among the Covid-Vaccinated Is Relatively Low
Why are public health analysts and officials here and elsewhere starting to talk about Covid-19 as akin to the long-familiar seasonal flu among the vaccinated?...
How The City of East Lansing Turns Device Giveaways and Private Contractors into Ways to Deny Records to the Public
What's going on when ELi seeks a public record a source has told us exists yet the City of East Lansing claims there are "no records found"?...
With Covid Surging, Huge Absentee Rate at ELHS, and the City of East Lansing Is Taking Emergency Actions
Hundreds of students are reported absent at East Lansing High School, while the City cancels meetings and restricts access to the public library. Meanwhile, the...
How Well Funded Is East Lansing’s Pension System? It Depends on the Numbers You Pull
Why is Council being told the City's pension system is 56% funded when the State believes it's at 51%? We go beyond the graphs presented by the City's auditors to...