The city will look to assemble a financial health team and could ask residents to pay a couple new utilities, city officials said at the Tuesday, March 11 discussion-only City Council meeting. The ...
The East Lansing school board approved the launch of a pilot sexual education curriculum at its Monday, March 10 meeting. The new lesson plans would replace the existing curriculum, Michigan Model for ...
A review of City Manager Robert Belleman’s first year on the job came back mostly positive, showing the city manager has won over some officials who initially opposed his hiring. Still, some officials ...
Should the owners of busy downtown bars have to pay more for policing? With the city looking to cut costs and a short-staffed East Lansing Police Department piling up overtime expenses, City Council ...
In a wide ranging interview, Belleman talked about potential revenue streams, spending cuts, the city’s pension debt and uncertainties East Lansing will need to address.
Last month, members of City Council were disturbed by a projection showing the city is spiraling towards bankruptcy within five years if it does not adjust its budget. But to City Manager Robert ...
Content warning: This story contains descriptions of severe injuries that may disturb some readers. Dr. Omar Malas went into medicine because he wanted to care for people who are sick and in need of ...
Thursday, Feb. 13 marked the two-year anniversary of the shooting on the Michigan State University that claimed the lives of three students and left five others critically injured. To honor those lost ...
At the Tuesday, Feb. 18 City Council meeting, council voted to accept a settlement in a lawsuit that stems from a denied insurance claim. The settlement amount of $185,000 was announced after council ...
The Community Development Advisory Committee has made its recommendations on how to allocate roughly $420,000 the city is expected to receive through the federal Community Development Block Grant ...
The prospect of losing city employees to the state and Michigan State University is what keeps City Manager Robert Belleman up at night, Belleman said while discussing a review of City Council’s ...
Shakespeare and the theater are a throughline in Bob and Sylvia Stevens’ love story that has spanned nearly 70 years. This summer will mark 50 years since the two moved to East Lansing, settling just ...