ACLU of Michigan

The U.S. Department of Justice plans to place election monitors in Detroit, Lansing and East Lansing for Michigan’s August primaries. We have more from Rick Pluta.

State laws barring transgender athletes from competing in girls’ school and college sports have been upheld in a 6-3 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. WEMU’s Ana Longoria has more on what this means locally.

The Michigan House approved bills Tuesday that would allow police to establish 25-foot buffer zones around law enforcement and emergency response activities. Rick Pluta has more.

Michigan has an LGBTQ conversion therapy ban on the books that is similar to one struck down Tuesday by the U.S. Supreme Court. It forbids professional counseling that seeks to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of minors. Rick Pluta has more.

The ACLU of Michigan is warning the Ypsilanti Township clerk she may be violating state election laws by aggressively purging names from the voter rolls. The civil rights organization sent the clerk a letter this week. We have more from Rick Pluta.

In a ruling released Tuesday, the Michigan Court of Appeals says the City of Taylor must comply with a Freedom of Information Act request seeking police misconduct reports. We have more from Rick Pluta.

A new judicial task force report calls for an overhaul in how Michigan’s local courts are funded. The report says the local jurisdictions rely too much on fines and fees to fund their operations. The report says that is not only unfair, it undermines faith that courts and judges are more interested in dispensing justice than collecting money. We have more from Rick Pluta.

Immigrant rights and legal experts are urging local law enforcement to refrain from assisting in ICE operations. WEMU’s Ana Longoria reports.

Under mounting legal pressure from the Trump Administration, University of Michigan Health has announced that it will be ending its transgender youth health care services. WEMU’s Ana Longoria reports.

Some Democratic Michigan lawmakers are trying to keep out-of-state national guard troops from entering Michigan without the required permissions. Colin Jackson has more.