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SPECIAL ELI REPORTING
Community Invited to Get Creative, Find Personal Connections, Enter MLK Art Contest
Submissions for the contest are being accepted through April 13.
View the Scenes of Celebration After ELHS Basketball Wins State Title and Read Mayor George Brookover’s Letter to the Team
“Your effort, hard work, spirit and teamwork are an example to our entire City. When we do things together, good things can often happen,” Brookover wrote in a letter to the ELHS boys basketball team.
Talks of New Utilities, Financial Health Team Emerge During Discussion About City Priorities
Council received a progress report on goals it set at the start of last year.
Council Considers Fee Structure that Could Charge Some Businesses for Police Calls
Last May, council put a moratorium on business license fees, asking staff to come up with a fee structure that is more fair.
City Manager Robert Belleman Explains Options City Has to Fix its Finances
In a wide ranging interview, Belleman talked about potential revenue streams, spending cuts, the city’s pension debt and uncertainties East Lansing will need to address.
IN THE COMMUNITY
Ask ELi: What’s Up With All the Water Main Breaks?
A couple readers wrote in to ELi asking if there have been more water main breaks this year.
Crossing With Ms. Pat
For 40 years, Pat Daniels has worked as a crossing guard, helping generations of East Lansing children get to school safely.
Regional Reading Initiative One Grand Read Connects Community Through Shared Story
Events centered around Christian Cooper’s “Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World” will be held throughout September.
Meet East Lansing City Council Candidate Liam Richichi
This is the fifth story in a series of six introducing candidates for East Lansing City Council.
Meet East Lansing City Council Candidate Chuck Grigsby
This is the third story in a series of six introducing candidates for East Lansing City Council.