East Lansing Info (https://eastlansinginfo.news/series/covid-19/)
Since early February 2020, East Lansing Info (ELi) has been bringing original, important reporting on the local impact of the coronavirus pandemic, including economic, cultural, and medical effects on our community. Here’s a full run-down of our COVID-19 reporting for the people of East Lansing.
Below: A downtown that is normally packed this time of year feels ghostly with MSU and many businesses closed and all the festivals cancelled. (Photo by Gary Caldwell.)
Emily Joan Elliott | East Lansing’s City Manager wants the City Council to require masks to be worn in the Downtown Development Authority District by early August.
Emily Joan Elliott | During public comment and the board’s discussion, the stress of the situation was often palpable. Emily Joan Elliott reports for ELi.
Emily Joan Elliott | Expect to see signage around town encouraging students to be personally responsible in order to “stay safe to stay open.” ELi’s Emily Joan Elliott reports.
Emily Joan Elliott | Superintendent Dori Leyko will offically tell the East Lansing Public Schools Board tonight that classes need to start remotely for the next school year. ELi brings the details.
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Alice Dreger | Harper’s owner Pat Riley warned today that COVID-19 is “a silent invisible thief” who steals your business’s reputation. He made his case to the Michigan Liquor Control Commission for reopening Harper’s.
Aaron Applebey | The Michigan Liquor Control Commission has scheduled a hearing on Thursday to look into the COVID-19 outbreak linked to Harper’s. What could happen?
Andrew Graham | Could municipal regulation of food delivery services help local restaurants survive?
Aaron Applebey | East Lansing’s downtown barbers are working to keep it all safe. “I lost some family due to COVID-19,” one local barbershop employee tells ELi’s Aaron Applebey. “It’s definitely been an eye-opener.”
Andrew Graham | Many restaurants and bars downtown will now refuse service to anyone not wearing a mask. What else is happening to prepare for fall?
Alice Dreger and Andrew Graham | Council member Lisa Babcock strongly objected to handing over to the Mayor wide and unspecified powers during declared States of Emergency.