The case began in 2016, when the city of East Lansing decided to charge a franchise fee to residents served by BWL to offset budget shortfalls—which the Michigan Supreme Court says generated $1. ...

East Lansing customers who paid LBWL franchise fees from April 2, 2019, to April 30, 2025, may qualify for reimbursement.

The settlement stems from a class action case against East Lansing over the City’s 5% franchise fee for electricity sold via BWL. The Michigan Supreme Court ruled the fee was illegal.

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LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The city of East Lansing will be opening cooling centers for several upcoming days as temperatures are forecasted to reach well into the 90s. The following locations w… ...

The City of East Lansing will set up a reimbursement fund of $7.8 million to reimburse class members who were charged franchise fees on their LBWL bills between April of 2019 and April of 2025.

Paul Lavoie Paul Lavoie, the State of Connecticut’s chief manufacturing officer, has been appointed as the University of New Haven’s first vice president of innovation and applied technology. Lavoie ...

EAST LANSING — The city has agreed to a $7.8 million settlement to end a lawsuit over the 5% franchise fee it imposed on its Lansing Board of Water and Light customers beginning in 2017.

LANSING — Police plan to use bicycle patrols, pop-up events at local parks and door-to-door safety chats as part of a strategy to stem summertime crime.

The state’s chief manufacturing officer is leaving for a newly created job in the private sector. Paul Lavoie, who has been in the position since February 2022, will become University of New ...

Paul Lavoie, Connecticut's chief manufacturing officer, is leaving Gov. Ned Lamont's administration to take a job at the University of New Haven, where he will oversee the creation of an advanced ...

The City of East Lansing announced it will pay back nearly $8 million to Lansing Board of Water & Light customers as part of a settlement in a class action lawsuit for “Franchise Fee” charges BWL put ...