LGBTQ+ civil rights protections on the horizon By Ben Jones ● Policies & Power ● March 9, 2021 New efforts to add gender identity and sexual orientation to the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act has bipartisan support.
Civil rights complaint filed against Kalamazoo for paper mill stench By Ben Jones ● Policies & Power ● February 1, 2021 The complaint alleges the city zoned minority neighborhoods to allow for foul-odored industrial facility.
Kalamazoo’s new Civil Rights Board gets its first members By Ben Jones ● Policies & Power ● November 4, 2020 City commissioners appointed the board’s inaugural members Monday night. The board is one part of the city’s recently-passed Fair Housing Ordinance.
Kalamazoo looking for people to serve on new civil rights board By Ben Jones ● Policies & Power ● September 16, 2020 The new group will hear complaints from renters about potential discrimination by landlords.