Teacher Appreciation Week, spanning from May 5 to 9, was marked by two scary incidents involving MacDonald Middle School (MMS) students and staff. One incident saw threats against a teacher and ...

East Lansing is changing its primary legal representatives, as City Council opted to move away from Giamarco, Mullins & Horton, PC after three years of service, voting to award a contract to Rosati, ...

City Council voted in favor of a series of budget adjustments that will reduce the deficit the city is proposed to run at next year – but did not include a major cut to the Parks and Recreation ...

Facing a $3.1 million structural deficit during the next fiscal year, city officials are working to make significant adjustments to either cut expenses or grow revenue. At a Wednesday, May 7 Town Hall ...

Last month, the East Lansing Downtown Development Authority (DDA) hired an executive director for the first time in its roughly 40 years of existence. Up to this point, the DDA has relied on various ...

Before becoming Managing Editor in January 2024, Luke worked for two years as ELi’s City Desk Editor. A native of northern Michigan, he holds an associate of arts degree from Northern Central Michigan ...

Candidates each answered the same three questions from ELi. The questions were about staffing, policing a college town, and the role police should play in responding to mental health crises.

More than 1.4 billion Catholics are mourning the death of Pope Francis, the 266th leader of the Roman Catholic Church. ELi spoke with two leaders of East Lansing’s St. Thomas Aquinas Parish. They ...

East Lansing officials are considering slashing more than $2.6 million from the Parks and Recreation Department budget, as city leaders grapple with a projected $3.1 million deficit in the next fiscal ...

A proposed Meijer gas station at 100 W. Lake Lansing Road failed to win the recommendation of the Planning Commission, with commissioners worried about traffic and environmental impacts of the project ...

Budget season is upon us and City Council dove into discussions about the deficit the general fund is proposed to operate under in the next fiscal year, the impact inflation is having on ...

East Lansing’s search for a new police chief is heating up. At a Wednesday, April 30 community engagement event, the four finalists to be the city’s next top cop spoke with ELi about their stances on ...