EL City Council approves resolution declaring racism a public health crisis
East Lansing City Council unanimously approved a resolution that declares racism a public health crisis, during the Tuesday night meeting.
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East Lansing City Council unanimously approved a resolution that declares racism a public health crisis, during the Tuesday night meeting.
East Lansing City Council held a discussion only special meeting Tuesday recommending that a resolution declaring racism as a public health crisis to be placed on next week's agenda for approval.
East Lansing City Council voted 4-1 in favor of delaying enforcement on Newman Loft's zoning violations during the Tuesday meeting.
East Lansing City Council unanimously approved the resolution extending the emergency ordinance and downtown mask order Tuesday night.
East Lansing Mayor Aaron Stephens signed a new proclamation and order to extend the city’s state of emergency last Friday along with the requirement to wear a mask in all outdoor public spaces within the boundaries of the East Lansing Downtown Development Authority (DDA).
With the Nov. 3 election quickly approaching, East Lansing city officials have suggested the numerous ways for residents to cast their ballots safely given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The leaves are changing and houses are decorated with fake skeletons and spiders, it's the spookiest time of the year.
East Lansing City Council unanimously passed a resolution adopting an emergency ordinance requiring compliance with Ingham County public health orders at the Tuesday night meeting.
East Lansing City Council voted unanimously during the Tuesday meeting to extend the local state of emergency and requirement of masks in the downtown area.
East Lansing City council members voted unanimously Tuesday to officially replace the current city attorney, Tom Yeadon, with a representative from Foster Swift Law Firm. City Manager George Lahanas's contract was also approved unanimously.
East Lansing City Manager George Lahanas announced former East Lansing Police Department officer and captain Kim Johnson as the new ELPD Chief during the city council meeting Tuesday evening. A press release was sent out after the announcement.
After threatening legal action against the city of East Lansing in a press conference a few weeks ago, Harbor Bay Real Estate, who leases units in Newman Lofts in downtown East Lansing, could be in legal trouble following a City Council meeting on Tuesday evening.
Dr. Robert L. Green, who worked with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to head up an education program, spoke at the East Lansing Human Relations Commission virtual meeting last Wednesday. This meeting was a commemoration of the first HRC meeting in Sept. 1963.
It took nearly five hours, but the City of East Lansing has picked a new city attorney.
Earlier this summer, a contentious East Lansing City Council meeting led to the termination of the city attorney’s contract.
East Lansing City Council finalized four candidates for the city attorney’s position in a meeting last week on Thursday, Aug. 27.
Just a 20-year-old student at Michigan State University when he announced his campaign for East Lansing City Council and 23 years old when he was appointed mayor pro tem, Mayor Aaron Stephens has always wanted to do good for his community.
East Lansing City Council headed discussions around racial equity and the COVID-19 response at their Aug. 11 meeting, including an extension of the mayor’s order requiring masks be worn in all outdoor, public spaces in the downtown district.
During the interview process for a position on East Lansing City Council, Ron Bacon was unaware that the city hadn't appointed a Black council member since 1973.
East Lansing City Council made history Saturday with the appointment of two new council members, creating the first council with people of color in the majority.