Todd Heywood
MSU documents reveal preparations for Simcox event
Capitol Correspondent EAST LANSING – A stack of documents nearly five inches thick, obtained under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act, has been provided to Between the Lines. The hundreds of pages show a consistent concern about Young [...]
Protestor at MSU event committed 'crime of conscience,' judge rules
Capitol Correspondent EAST LANSING – The two men charged with felonies for their participation last April in a protest against nativist extremist leader Chris Simcox at Michigan State University pled guilty on Aug. 7 to misdemeanor charges in East [...]
Judge rules protestor at MSU event committed 'Crime of Conscience'
Capitol Correspondent EAST LANSING – The two protestors charged with felonies for their participating in a protest against Nativist Extremist leader Chris Simcox at MSU in April, plead guilty to misdemeanor charges in 54-B District Court [...]
Rally media coverage explored
Capitol correspondent KALAMAZOO – Local police are hailing their handling of a white supremacy rally last Saturday, and handing part of the credit to the local media for that success. Sgt. Joe Taylor, public information officer for the Kalamazoo [...]
White supremacists rally in Kalamazoo calm
Capitol Correspondent KALAMAZOO – With a police force of over 400 officers patrolling the city, Kalamazoo survived a rally organized by white supremacist radio show host Hal Turner with no property damage, no mass civil disobedience and only four [...]
Michigan Supreme Court tells religious bigots they have no standing to sue A2 schools over Domestic Partner program
LANSING – The Michigan Supreme Court, in and 8-1 decision, has once again rebuffed religious extremists' bid to force their own brand of morality on the state via court action. For the second time, the court in as many months told a group of [...]
Murder victim was strong opponent of drug dealers
LANSING – Ruth Hallman, 76, was a lot of things. Leader in the embattled Genessee Neighborhood on Lansing's near west side, mother of Lansing city council at-large member Carol Wood, and a staunch no nonsense opponent of drug dealers and drug [...]
Conservative activist hired by openly gay mayoral campaign
Capitol Correspondent FLINT- The campaign of openly gay mayoral candidate Dale Weighill has hired Tyler Whitney to run the campaign's field operations. Whitney has been trained by the Leadership Institute in Virginia. He is also closely tied to [...]
KKK rally brings in most 'violent white' supremacists
KALAMAZOO – The Ku Klux Klan has announced plans to hold a rally on Aug. 4 in Kalamazoo. The group says its rally will begin at 1 p.m. but declined to identify the place. Hal Turner, a white supremacist Internet radio personality from New Jersey, [...]
Life experience makes Bernero more than an ally mayor
Capitol Correspondent LANSING – The tenacious, aggressive mayor of Lansing freely admits he is a politician to his core. "I'm a politician," the fast-talking Virg Bernero said in a sit-down interview this week. "I naturally assess the political [...]
Celebrating a quarter-century of pride
Capitol Correspondent LANSING – Tari Muniz remembers when LBGT folks would get tickets for jaywalking across Michigan Avenue in Lansing. All they were doing was crossing the street, as any pedestrian would today, to get to one of two bars for the [...]
Commitment ceremony to connect the community at Michigan Pride
Capitol Correspondent LANSING – Robert Lewis, 26, of Lansing and Patrick Lynn, 24, of Grand Rapids are the next generation of LBGT partners. They met on a gay dating Web site two years ago last February. They chatted by instant messenger, email and [...]