Finance and Taxes

City Attorney Tom Yeadon is now recommending City Council vote to settle a lawsuit Yeadon brought against a man he also threatened to arrest over a driveway. ELi's Alice Dreger brings the latest in the saga.

East Lansing’s parking system is “barely making it” financially. So how can the City lower the perceived barriers to parking downtown? ELi’s Alice Dreger reports on the discussion this week at Council.

Marble will get busing to Donley; a trustee lost her officer position; resident student enrollment surged unexpectedly. All this and more at this week's East Lansing School Board meeting.

A ballot proposal on a deer cull; more free parking downtown; the City’s approach to plea bargains; redevelopment downtown: all this and more will be discussed by East Lansing’s City Council on Tuesday.

Today we bring answers to ELi reader questions on our “income tax update” report from earlier this week.

Why did Mayor Ruth Beier cast the lone vote in opposition to a formal report on the eBay land sale? ELi’s Chris Gray reports.

Revised estimates indicate that the net revenues from East Lansing’s new income tax will likely generate two-thirds of what had been predicted in 2016. ELi’s Alice Dreger reports on the reasons and the impact.

An increase in the pump’s capacity, a built-in emergency generator and an improved odor-control system will be operational by October 2020, according to the Department of Public Works.

The pay scale for census workers has been raised and more help is needed to ensure East Lansing doesn’t lose federal and state funding because of an undercount. The financial stake for this city is high.

East Lansing’s Planning Commission voted not to recommend a plan for more Hub towers on Bogue Street. What were named as concerns about and positives of the plan? ELi’s Chris Gray reports.

After a decade of waiting to fix the Oakwood sewer problem in conjunction with expected redevelopment, the City’s Director of Public Works is recommending the $3.5M project happen now. ELi’s Chris Gray reports.

If you build it online, will they visit? ELi’s Chris Gray reports on a digital initiative to decipher TIFs, property rights and more.

Why is construction at the new Donley and Glencairn schools still not done, months after it was supposed to all be finished? ELi's Alice Dreger reports.

It’s official: East Lansing voters will be asked to decide on the March 10 ballot whether to authorize Council to sell downtown land to MSUFCU. Chris Gray reports for ELi.

Can East Lansing's City Council and DDA agree on what to do about the publicly-owned Evergreen Avenue properties? An unusual meeting brought forward some conflicting perspectives. ELi's Chris Root reports.