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.
If approved by voters, the bond would allow Ingham ISD to renovate one special education building and replace another.
Sisters and East Lansing High School graduates Amy and Emily Gordon work together to run the city clerk’s office.
Two candidates received far more support than others in the field, but no one appeared on the majority of ballots.
Steve Whelan and Chuck Grigsby will join Mark Meadows, Kerry Ebersole Singh and Erik Altmann on the East Lansing City Council.
Two of the five seats on the City Council will be decided at today’s election.
Tomorrow, voters will decide on two new members of City Council and whether or not to approve a new millage.
This year, six candidates are competing for two seats on the East Lansing City Council. To get to know candidates better, ELi asked candidates to respond to three different questions in 200 words or less. The third and final question we asked candidates was about their ideas to improve environmental sustainability. The question reads as…
Candidates for East Lansing City Council responded to questions from ELi.
Candidates for East Lansing City Council responded to questions from ELi.
Prepare to cast your ballot by reviewing our reporting on the upcoming election.
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.
The forum was recorded and is available to view.
The forum is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. and each of the six candidates are expected to attend.
This is the final story in a series about the six candidates for East Lansing City Council.
This is the fifth story in a series of six introducing candidates for East Lansing City Council.
This is the fourth story in a series of six introducing candidates for East Lansing City Council.
This is the third story in a series of six introducing candidates for East Lansing City Council.
This is the second story in a series of six introducing candidates for East Lansing City Council.
This is the first story in a series of six introducing candidates for East Lansing City Council.
If the millage passes, property taxes will increase by two mills and the Parks and Recreation Department will be insulated from cuts. If it fails, the implications are less clear.
ELi and the Lansing Area League of Women Voters will team up to host a City Council Candidate forum Wednesday, Sept. 17.
November’s City Council election is more than three months away and we’ve already received questions about the eligibility of a couple candidates.
Adam DeLay, Kath Edsall, Chuck Grigsby, Joshua Ramirez-Roberts and Liam Richichi will appear on the ballot this November.
As November’s elections approach, there’s a university-sized elephant in the room.
Brookover will step down after serving four years on City Council – two as mayor.
ELi has now identified five residents who intend to run for City Council.
ELi has learned of three candidates who plan to run in November’s City Council election.
So far, the committee has recommended 19 changes to East Lansing’s guiding document.
After serving as clerk from 2011-2018, Marie Wicks came out of retirement in 2023.
Nearly 83% of votes from the five precincts on the MSU campus were in favor of Proposal 1. Overall, about 54% of votes were “yes” on the charter amendment.
Abbie Tykocki, Elizabeth Lyons, Estrella Torrez and Chris Martin were elected to the school board, and other outcomes from yesterday’s election.
The polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
More than 5,500 voters have already cast their ballot at an Early Voting Center.
Incumbent Democrat Patrick Lindemann is being challenged by Republican Brian Bruce Beauchine to serve as Ingham County drain commissioner.
The Register of Deeds office records, indexes and retains “documents that convey or encumber real estate located within the county.”
Election Day is two weeks from tomorrow!
Before Nate Silver was a nationally recognized statistician, he was a talented East Lansing High School student.
More than 150 students were registered or pre-registered to vote.
After being appointed as the county’s prosecuting attorney two years ago, John Dewane is running for a full term. He is challenged by Republican Norm Shinkle.
Over the next several weeks, ELi will bring you articles highlighting the choices for state- and county-wide election. We seek to interview each of the major candidates for these offices and share an objective look at their backgrounds and goals for office. Today, we focus on Ingham County Sheriff. With its administrative offices in the…
The League of Women Voters of the Lansing Area and ELi hosted a program to hear from those on each side of Proposal 1, which would impact the city’s housing and rental regulations.
This is the final of three stories bringing the responses all six East Lansing Board of Education candidates gave to questions ELi asked them
This is the second of three stories bringing the responses all six East Lansing Board of Education candidates gave to questions ELi asked them.
Hear from candidates on why they feel they are best suited to represent Michigan’s 75th District.
This is the first of three stories bringing the responses all six East Lansing Board of Education candidates gave to questions ELi asked them.
Hear from candidates on why they feel they are best suited to represent Michigan’s 73rd District.
Election Day is more than a month away, but voting officially started today.
The program will be recorded Oct. 4 and distributed widely soon after it is finished. To better gauge the questions residents have, we are also allowing readers to submit questions before the event.
The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. for today’s primary election.
“The proposed charter amendment below was initiated by a citizen initiated petition and not the East Lansing City Council,” the revised caption reads.
The millages up for renewal at the August Primary Election provide funding for essential services to older residents and health care services for low income residents.
While the Presidential election gathers most headlines, there are important local items to be decided at the looming elections.
Yesterday, President Joe Biden announced he would not seek reelection.
The filing deadline is July 23 and four school board seats will be up for grabs in November’s election.
With over 4,600 votes cast, more than two-thirds of voters approved of the bond proposal.
A look at how East Lansing schools would spend the $23.5 million in the bond proposal, if voters approve it at the May special election.
With the year coming to an end, we look back at top stories and issues in the City of East Lansing.
The letter signed by nine civic and school leaders supports putting the commission establishment on the 2024 ballot.
Kerry Ebersole Singh ran well ahead of other candidates in a City Council election that saw a strong turnout.
Erik Altmann, Mark Meadows and Kerry Ebersole Singh are sworn in, joining George Brookover and Dana Watson on City Council.
In unofficial results from Tuesday’s election, Dan Bollman narrowly missed out on the third slot. Noel Garcia finished fifth, Joshua Ramirez-Roberts was sixth, Rebecca Kasen seventh and Chris Wardell eighth.
Here’s a roundup of ELi’s election coverage leading up to the polls opening throughout the City of East Lansing on Nov. 7.
ELi analyzes and breaks down financial records from the Ingham County Clerk.
Responses of “yes” or “no” to the ballot initiatives may give insight into candidates’ political views.
This is the third short-answer question posed to the eight East Lansing Council candidates.
ELi is providing a series of stories with candidate responses to questions generated by readers. This is the second of the series of four packages.
ELi is providing a series of three stories with candidate responses to questions generated by readers.
ELi brings you what candidates had to say about the city’s workforce problem, redevelopment, climate change, public safety and lots more.
All the information you need to be prepared for the upcoming Nov. 7 election.
Voters are being asked to consider three amendments on the Nov. 7, 2023, ballot.
ELi is providing introductions to the eight East Lansing City Council candidates. In the eighth installment in our series, Dustin DuFort Petty provides a profile of Joshua Ramirez-Roberts. Why is Ramirez-Roberts running?
ELi is providing introductions to the eight East Lansing City Council candidates. In the seventh installment in our series, Lucas Day provides a profile of Mark Meadows. Why is Meadows running?
ELi is providing introductions to the eight East Lansing City Council candidates. In the sixth installment in our series, Dustin DuFort Petty provides a profile of Kerry Ebersole Singh. Why is Ebersole Singh running?
ELi is providing introductions to the eight East Lansing City Council candidates. In the fifth in our series, Dustin DuFort Petty provides a profile of Dan Bollman. Why is Bollman running?
ELi is providing introductions to the eight East Lansing City Council candidates. In the third installment in our series, Mya Gregory provides a profile of Rebecca Kasen. Why is Kasen running?
ELi is providing introductions to the eight East Lansing City Council candidates. In the third installment in our series, Mya Gregory provides a profile of Christopher Wardell. Why is Wardell running?
ELi is providing introductions to the eight East Lansing City Council candidates. In the second installment in our series, Mya Gregory provides a profile of Noel Garcia. Why is Garcia running?
ELi is providing introductions to the eight East Lansing City Council candidates. In the first installment in our series, Lucas Day provides a profile of Erik Altmann. Why is Altmann running?
Mayor Ron Bacon says the Council won’t initiate a resolution to make the change, as he says the idea was to involve a “democratic sorting of that issue.”
Responses will be used to generate questions for the public candidate forum set for Sept. 14 at the Hannah Community Center.
The controversial amendment proposing changing City Council elections from odd- to even-numbered years was ruled to conflict with the Home Rule City Act.
Four other charter amendments have made it to the ballot, including one that’s confusing even to Council.
Two candidates say they would have voted for Tim Dempsey, one shows disbelief, others are pragmatic and two haven’t yet responded to ELi.
The deadline for filing for candidacy in the East Lansing City Council race passed today at 4 p.m. and it looks like there are either seven or eight candidates running for the three open seats on the November ballot. Interim City Clerk Marie Wicks told ELi at 4:54 p.m. today, “I can confirm that Mark…
“I don’t think I am exaggerating when I saw that this job is slowly killing me,” Gregg wrote in an early-morning announcement today.
“I do not intend to run this cycle,” Bacon told ELi Wednesday evening.
With Ramirez, there are now 5 candidates running for 3 open seats.
Who has and hasn’t applied to be city manager? Why the chatter about moving city operations? And what’s going on with the independent investigation into the anonymous complaint? ELi brings you up to speed on these stories and more.
ELi catches you up on big business in the city coming this Tuesday.
The list of candidates continues to grow, but no word yet if Bacon and Gregg are running for reelection.
As East Lansing’s Council decides whether to put three charter amendments to voters, we asked one experienced local official to articulate the pros and cons.
Two former mayors,Liz Schweitzer and Diane Goddeeris, voiced their opposition to the proposed changes, particularly with regard to shifting council elections to even-numbered years.
In advance of Council’s discussion on the matter, ELi brings you two voices in favor and two against.
Three big surprises on this coming Tuesday’s City Council agenda.
So far, there are three confirmed candidates for the three open seats this November.
Ron Bacon and Jessy Gregg say they’re “undecided,” but Noel Garcia will be running for election in November. ELi explains how the race works and how to run.
The process used for filling the vacant position was decided out of sight of the public.
The deadline to apply is coming up fast: Feb. 24 at 4 p.m.
The special session of East Lansing’s City Council was held on a holiday weekend and was not broadcast or recorded for the public. Find out from ELi what the candidates said.
Council will convene for a special session on Saturday morning. The five candidates will be interviewed, and then a winner will be chosen.
ELi filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to obtain the applications, so members of the public can see them in advance of Council’s vetting and decision. What did the people who want to be seated on East Lansing’s Council give as their qualifications and reasons? Find out.
Election Day ran smoothly throughout the city, despite long lines of students registering at the last minute to vote.
A lively scene downtown, especially at City Clerk sites, indicates high voter turnout in the 2022 Midterm Elections.
As this election cycle draws to a close, ELi answers a reader’s question about political signs.
The East Lansing Educational Association is backing incumbents Tera Chambers and Kath Edsall, plus newcomers Tali Faris-Hylen and Jim McEvoy.
Haven’t voted yet? Let ELi help get you up to speed.
Readers asked ELi to get candidate views on what measures are needed to create a safer environment for students, teachers and staff at ELPS.
Five of the 10 candidates on the ballot for four ELPS Board seats respond to a key concern of parents and residents.
ELi’s first question to candidates delves into their reasons for running for board and where they are on the political spectrum.
Chris Martin tells ELi he does not currently plan to try a write-in campaign.
Renewal of the East Lansing Public Library Millage will appear on the November 8 ballot.
We need your help articulating questions that will help registered voters decide who to back.
The election applies to the small number of East Lansing residents who live within the boundaries of the Lansing School District. Emily Joan Elliott reports on that and the bond proposal they’ll be voting on.
How did ELi find out both were intending to run? What else do we know about the 54B District Court elections? Emily Joan Elliott reports.
With all 17 precincts in the City of East Lansing fully reporting, Dana Watson, George Brookover and Ron Bacon have been elected to City Council, according to unofficial Ingham County results.
It’s Election Day in East Lansing! Sitting around wondering what to do with yourself until you know who will get those three seats? We have ideas. Want to know more than the candidates’ own PR? We have facts.
Just ahead of the Nov. 2 general election, ELi’s Andrew Graham and Alice Dreger take to the pod and look back at the 2021 City Council race to date. Give it a listen!
ELi looked through 118 pages of financial reports from candidates for the East Lansing City Council so you don’t have to. What do they reveal?
Find out about candidates’ positions, campaign finance analysis, links to videos of the candidates, and so much more in this nonpartisan guide from ELi!
With the City Council election just a few weeks away, ELi brings you the results of a poll conducted by Practical Political Consulting for East Lansing Info.
Differences showed up around the City’s rental overlay districts, legislation aimed at limiting when landlords can sign leases, managing the Albert EL Fresco social space, battling racism, and more.
City Council candidate forums, the possibility of a new City Attorney, an issue of representation at the Arts Commission, and parliamentary procedure. Alice Dreger brings updates on all that and more!
With Election Day drawing near, ELi is asking candidates for East Lansing City Council to answer readers’ questions. Here is one of those answers!
With Election Day drawing near, ELi is asking candidates for East Lansing City Council to answer readers’ questions. Here is one of those answers!
The Lansing Area League of Women Voters used ELi readers’ questions for their Council candidate forums, and now you can see the responses. Also: find out more about the live candidate debates coming up, hosted by ASMSU.
With the election a little more than a month away, ELi is bringing you information designed to help you see the differences between candidates.
Alice Dreger and Andrew Graham bring the results from ELi’s survey of voters for City Council elections. What has voters in the City concerned? Give a listen!
Why does the City of East Lansing have to take on the cost of this year’s Council election, and why might your vote carry more weight than in other elections? ELi’s Andrew Graham explains.
As Jessy Gregg prepares to become East Lansing’s Mayor on August 11, she sits down with ELi’s Andrew Graham to talk local politics and the upcoming City Council election. Give a listen!
What issues are guiding who you will vote for in the November 2021 East Lansing City Council race? We would love to hear from you as we develop questions to be used in our election reporting and in public candidate forums.
In today’s Ask ELi to Investigate, ELi Managing Editor Emily Joan Elliott digs into questions we’ve received about the East Lansing Public Library since her report on Monday regarding the library labor dispute.
ELi is providing introductions to East Lansing City Council candidates. In the latest installment in our series, Jack Timothy Harrison provides a profile of Mikey Manuel. Why is Manuel running for Council?
ELi is providing introductions to East Lansing City Council candidates. In the latest installment in our series, Jack Timothy Harrison provides a profile of George Brookover. Why is Brookover running?
The Southeast Marble Community Association (SEMCA) is inviting registered City Council candidates to host “meet-and-greet” community events at Hidden River Park. Why is the group holding the events? What can attendees expect?
We bring you updates on who is running for the two and four-year seats and what may happen with Council following Stephens’ forthcoming resignation in August. We also tell you how to apply to serve in the seat being vacated by Stephens.
Alice Dreger and Emily Joan Elliott interview Mark Meadows who had served as Mayor and later as a Council member before resigning in July 2020. Meadows shares who he is endorsing in the upcoming Council elections, why he resigned, and his role in the community now.
Our Publisher Alice Dreger explains in detail what we’re doing to manage a conflict-of-interest problem in the City Council elections.
ELi is providing introductions to East Lansing City Council candidates. In the latest installment in our series, Jack Timothy Harrison provides a profile of Daniel Bollman. Why is Bollman running?
East Lansing Insider is available online and airs at 9 a.m. on Sundays on 88.9 FM. This week, Alice Dreger and Jack Timothy Harrison discuss the 2021 East Lansing City Council elections.
ELi is providing introductions to East Lansing City Council candidates. In the latest installment in our series, Jack Timothy Harrison provides a profile of Ron Bacon. Why is Bacon running?
ELi is providing introductions to East Lansing City Council candidates. In the latest installment in our series, Jack Timothy Harrison provides a profile of Adam DeLay. Why is DeLay running?
ELi is providing introductions to East Lansing City Council candidates. In the latest installment in our series, Jack Timothy Harrison provides a profile of Dana Watson. Why is Watson running?
ELi is providing introductions to East Lansing City Council candidates. In the first of our series, Jack Timothy Harrison provides a profile of Chuck Grigsby. Why is Grigsby running?
When the City Clerk’s office declined to provide a list of people who pulled applications to run for City Council, ELi filed a FOIA request. What did we find out in addition to who might be running for Council?
Lansing Area League of Women Voters President Donna Mullins is asking residents to share information about a special Town Hall this Tuesday, as Facebook is blocking the League’s attempts to advertise the redistricting informational forum.
What do you need to do? What are the deadlines? We bring you the details.
Statewide, about 3.2% of listings on qualified voter rolls are erroneous. So why is East Lansing’s number possibly closer to 20%?
Did Charlotte Brontë vote in the November 2020 election in East Lansing while residing at the Dublin Square pub? ELi’s Andrew Graham brings the answer and explains what it tells us about how Michigan’s voting system works.
Voting today means avoiding any mischief and helping to reduced crowding tomorrow. You have until 4 pm.
Over 9,000 East Lansing residents have already voted. Do you have a plan for voting in the November general election? ELi provides you with some useful information.
With Election Day just two weeks away, the City Clerk’s satellite office at the Hannah Community Center is open. ELi’s Emily Joan Elliott outlines what services they offer.
One woman received mail saying her Aug. 4 ballot hadn’t been counted, but the City Clerk was able to confirm that it had. So why did she receive the notice? The possible answers are surprisingly simple.
Interested in voting in the Nov. 3 election ahead of time? ELi’s Emily Joan Elliott brings you some helpful tips from poll inspectors.
For National Voter Registration Day, ELi got in touch with City Clerk Jennifer Shuster to help answer questions from our readers.
Dr. Jane Turner and ELi’s Emily Joan Elliott interviewed the 8 school board candidates. Watch the interviews here.
Why are these eight people running? What issues do they see as urgent? We asked to bring you the answers.
Who are the eight people running for three open seats on East Lansing’s School Board? Emily Joan Elliott reports for ELi.
What’s the Elder Persons Millage on the Aug. 4 Ingham County ballot about? ELi’s Emily Joan Elliott explains.