Category: Justice
Newly unionized Kalamazoo Public Library aides and custodians protest contract impasse
The contract talks covering a third of library workers are stuck on wages and hours.
‘I want justice. That’s what I need.’
A mother whose daughter was killed by gunfire as a bystander wants answers and action. In grief, she has to be realistic not optimistic.
City quietly rolled out police cameras in Kzoo
While they help police catch criminals, some people are raising privacy concerns.
Pods for the homeless
Local group to invest in 50 pod shelters for unhoused people in Kalamazoo.
City leaders hear backlash over treatment of the unhoused
Kzoo residents are irate over the clearing of homeless encampments. City leaders say they had little choice.
Q&A: Deputy Kalamazoo City Manager Laura Lam
The Kalamazoo city official who runs point on the homelessness crisis discusses encampment policies, strategies, and the solutions they are hoping to implement.
Lacking a strategy, Kalamazoo houseless encampment closings only continue the cycle
City leaders say solution to encampment problems is on the horizon, but proposal is months away.
Trump supporters going door-to-door hunting for “ghost voters”
Activists are going door-to-door to try to uncover evidence of voter fraud. The end goal is to overturn Donald Trump’s election loss.
See all 11 of Michigan’s proposed election maps
The redistricting commission will take these maps around the state to hear from citizens about what works and what doesn’t.
Video shows human rights advocate approached from behind, slammed to the ground by Kalamazoo police
Oct. 8 incident comes two days after city of Kalamazoo instructed police to physically remove 100+ unhoused people from year-and-a-half-old encampment.
Newly unionized Kalamazoo Public Library aides and custodians protest contract impasse
The contract talks covering a third of library workers are stuck on wages and hours.
‘I want justice. That’s what I need.’
A mother whose daughter was killed by gunfire as a bystander wants answers and action. In grief, she has to be realistic not optimistic.
City quietly rolled out police cameras in Kzoo
While they help police catch criminals, some people are raising privacy concerns.
Pods for the homeless
Local group to invest in 50 pod shelters for unhoused people in Kalamazoo.
City leaders hear backlash over treatment of the unhoused
Kzoo residents are irate over the clearing of homeless encampments. City leaders say they had little choice.
Q&A: Deputy Kalamazoo City Manager Laura Lam
The Kalamazoo city official who runs point on the homelessness crisis discusses encampment policies, strategies, and the solutions they are hoping to implement.
Lacking a strategy, Kalamazoo houseless encampment closings only continue the cycle
City leaders say solution to encampment problems is on the horizon, but proposal is months away.
Trump supporters going door-to-door hunting for “ghost voters”
Activists are going door-to-door to try to uncover evidence of voter fraud. The end goal is to overturn Donald Trump’s election loss.
See all 11 of Michigan’s proposed election maps
The redistricting commission will take these maps around the state to hear from citizens about what works and what doesn’t.
Video shows human rights advocate approached from behind, slammed to the ground by Kalamazoo police
Oct. 8 incident comes two days after city of Kalamazoo instructed police to physically remove 100+ unhoused people from year-and-a-half-old encampment.
