Anna is an award-winning journalist and proud native Michigander whose reporting has brought critical stories to light across the state and to national audiences. Anna has covered many defining and challenging moments in Michigan including high-profile elections, historic labor strikes and the impacts of different forms of violence on local communities. Anna is a graduate of Michigan State University where she studied journalism and environmental studies & sustainability. She has been recognized for her reporting driving conversations around gender-based violence and women in politics by the National Press Foundation and has earned several Michigan Press Association honors including a runner-up finish for the Richard Milliman Journalist of the Year award in 2024. In her free time Anna is knocking National Parks off her bucket list and running and exploring Michigan’s many trails.
Events include an organ remembrance, volunteer opportunities and a moment of silence at Beaumont Tower.
The Beekman Center was groundbreaking when it opened in the 1960s, but the special education needs upgrades after operating for more than half a century.
This week on the East Lansing Insider podcast, ELi Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols speaks with Tenant Resource Center Mid-Michigan Executive Director Khadja Erickson.
Council approved an introduction of ordinances banning public camping and loitering in parking areas at Tuesday’s meeting. But comments made at the meeting raise doubt council will ever pass the ordinances.
This week, the Lansing Sports Commission will host a speakers event and sports clinic to promote women and girls in sports.
NAACP Lansing-branch President Harold Pope speaks with ELi Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols on this week’s East Lansing Insider episode.
The theater program will relocate to Lansing.
Jay Kaplan, staff attorney for the ACLU of Michigan, joins Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols on this week’s East Lansing Insider podcast.
If approved by voters, the bond would allow Ingham ISD to renovate one special education building and replace another.
Felt sick lately? You’re not alone.
East Lansing City Council members are in the process of reviewing 29 recommended amendments to the city’s guiding government document which could appear on ballots over the next several elections. Council members met on Tuesday to hear from City Attorney Steven Joppich about the recommendations made by the city’s Charter Review Committee, which held 19…
Lyons is serving her second 4-year stint on the board.
One council member expressed concern about how broadly the ordinance could be enforced as it is currently written.
ELPD is seeking assistance to find the person who spray painted Nazi symbols and threw rocks at a local Jewish center.
Voting will run through Sunday, Dec. 28.
Ele’s Place is a healing center in the Capital area that supports children and families through the death of a loved one.
East Lansing may soon ban public camping and loitering in parking garages. Lansing is set to clear a large homeless encampment in the coming days.
City Council is considering banning public camping and loitering in parking areas.
City Council voted in favor of a first reading of the camping and loitering ordinance last night. Council will vote on a second reading later on that will implement the ordinance, if it passes.
City Mission Community Outreach Director Laura Grimwood speaks about the organizations shelter and food programs, and trends with the unhoused population.
While East Lansing isn’t expected to see heavy snowfall today and tomorrow, like many other parts of the state, it will see high winds.
It’s too soon to say if sanctuary city designations will offer more protection for Michigan’s immigrant communities than the potential harm of drawing attention from federal agencies, one expert said.
City Council is poised to consider ordinance changes suggested by a team of city staff members.
Abrea Hensley struggled with severe anxiety after living through a traumatic incident in 2010. A miniature service horse now helps her overcome mental health challenges.
Steve Whelan and Chuck Grigsby talk with ELi Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols after being elected to City Council at Tuesday’s election.
Police Chief Jen Brown shared the suggestions from a work group assigned with addressing issues in downtown East Lansing.
Tomorrow, voters will decide on two new members of City Council and whether or not to approve a new millage.
Local food assistance groups expect to see an increase in demand when SNAP benefits are halted at the start of November.
This week, the East Lansing Insider podcast explores data on use of force within the East Lansing Police Department.
Meridian Township has a unique deer management program that allows local sportsmen to bow hunt on township land.
Documents recently obtained by ELi through a Freedom of Information Act request show Brookover asked U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to remove East Lansing from the federal government’s list of sanctuary cities.
A man named in a press release sent by ELPD appears to have been acting as a peacekeeper, and not engaging in a fight as the release indicated.
The final approval of the settlement brings a five-year legal battle to a close.
Parents say they have been asking East Lansing officials to make routes to school safer for years, but have seen little action.
Managing Editor Luke Day and Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols discuss challenges East Lansing renters are facing.
About 5,000 federal civilian employees live in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District, which includes East Lansing.
This week’s East Lansing Insider podcast features discussions about safety downtown and potential changes to the city’s police oversight commission.
The city also reached a new three-year contract with City Manager Robert Belleman.
Candidates have distributed lawn signs and are sending out mailers, as they look to get a pitch to voters who will cast their ballot early.
Managing Editor Luke Day and Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols discuss the upcoming election slate.
A stalled state budget could take a free school meals program away from East Lansing students.