East Lansing residents unknowingly paid illegal city ‘fee’ for years
Lansing Board of Water and Light customers living in East Lansing could be owed some money. A ruling by the Michigan Supreme ...
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State Supreme Court rules East Lansing's 5% franchise fee for BWL customers is a tax
The state Supreme Court said that the BWL franchise fee East Lansing imposed on residents in 2017 was "clearly a tax" that ...
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Michigan Supreme Court rules that East Lansing collected disguised tax
On Monday, the Michigan Supreme Court agreed the fee was indeed an unlawful tax due to the fact that city residents were ...
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Michigan Supreme Court Holds that a Tax Cannot be Disguised as a Franchise Fee in Violation of Headlee
The Michigan Supreme Court released an opinion yesterday holding that a municipality may not disguise a tax by imposing a ...
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Michigan State University trustees set to vote on demolishing 1950s-era IM West
The board resolution said IM West, built in 1959, has reached "functional obsolescence" and repurposing it would be too ...
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Charges sought after man, 20, dies following downtown East Lansing assault
The victim, from Fowlerville, died after being assaulted at around 1:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, on East Grand River Avenue.
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Michigan’s tribal experts want to save wild rice. Here’s how they’ll do it.
Cultural importance of manoomin – or wild rice – among Michigan’s Native nations at the heart of stewardship plan.
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Andy Schor will run for third term as Lansing mayor
LANSING — Mayor Andy Schor is seeking a third term. The 49-year-old mayor of Michigan's capital city, the sixth-largest in the state by population, made the announcement Tuesday evening at Gregory's ...
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Police seek tips after Fowlerville man killed in assault in downtown East Lansing
Caleb Shermoe, 20, was assaulted in the 300 block of East Grand River in East Lansing Saturday and later died, police said ...
Michigan State women’s tennis sweeps double-header on Sunday with wins over Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan
EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Michigan State women’s tennis closed out its season-long four-match homestand in a triumphant ...
19th annual First Pitch Dinner kicks off 2025 Michigan State baseball season
EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Michigan State baseball hosted its 19th annual First Pitch Dinner Sunday afternoon at the ...