Center City Contract May Be Amended to Allow Illegal Rentals at Newman Lofts. What Then?
The idea of changing the Center City District agreements in the way proposed has some roiled. But not everyone thinks it's a bad idea. ELi's Alice Dreger reports....
Answers to Some Questions about the Abbott Woods Oil Spill
Did workers aim to contain the spill as soon as it happened? What's happening with the contaminated material collected so far? And what about possible cost increases?...
Oil Spill from Garbage Truck Turns into a $34,000+ Problem
The New Year's Eve spill turns out to have involved about 55 gallons of hydraulic oil. On Tuesday, Council approved two contracts for the clean-up....
Property Owners Expressing Concerns about Possible New Zoning Code
Property owners' concerns about the draft plan include specific design requirements, review and approval processes, and the big picture of economic redevelopment....
School Board Member Calls East Lansing “A Sundown Town” as New Data Shows High Use of Force by Police Against Blacks
In the last four years, ELPD has used force against more Black people than white people, while whites in the population well outnumber Blacks. The City Manager's...
ELPD Provides Info on 15 External and Internal Complaints Against Police Department Employees
The 15 complaints include instances of employees cheating on time cards, an off-duty officer driving drunk, an officer with uncontrolled rage, an officer joking...
Why Are There So Many Robins in East Lansing?
People are wondering why they are seeing flocks of robins in East Lansing yards. We bring the answer....
The Case of the Missing Walk Sign
Why is there no walk sign across Abbot Road at that street’s southwest corner with Albert Avenue – where the apartments’ entrance for The Abbot is located?...
DPW Director Explains Chemical Spill at Abbott Woods
The City is working on hiring “an emergency abatement contractor to clean the detention pond, storm infrastructure and to perform any necessary remediation to...
East Lansing’s Black Residents Are Three Times As Likely to Be Stopped by ELPD as White Residents
ELPD Chief Kim Johnson calls the situation “unacceptable” and says he is determined to “take all necessary corrective actions within our agency” if further...