civil rights

A bill to make it faster and easier for defendants to fend off lawsuits from business or government interests designed to stifle criticism cleared the state House Wednesday. We have more from Rick Pluta.

An animal rights group plans to appeal a case to the Michigan Supreme Court seeking an unlawful imprisonment hearing for six chimpanzees at an Upper Peninsula zoo. We have more from Rick Pluta.

An animal rights group is asking the Michigan Court of Appeals to order an unlawful imprisonment hearing for seven chimpanzees at a private zoo in the Upper Peninsula. We have more from Rick Pluta.

A case to decide whether a lawsuit over immigrant workers’ compensation claims moves forward appeared before the Michigan Supreme Court Wednesday. Colin Jackson has more.

The Michigan Supreme Court will hear arguments this week about the state’s denial of injured worker benefits to immigrants without legal status. Rick Pluta says the case is procedural.

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.

A group of Democratic state lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday to expand Michigan’s civil rights law to add protections against antisemitism. We have more from Rick Pluta.

Bills that passed in the Michigan House on Thursday would ban transgender athletes from playing girls’ school sports. Colin Jackson has more.

Over 500 people marched from Ann Arbor’s West Park to City Hall on Thursday to commemorate May Day and oppose the actions of the Trump Administration. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

Among the series of executive orders President Trump issued last week are policies rolling back DEI initiatives and federally recognizing only two genders. Ann Arbor’s pioneering LGBT organization, the Jim Toy Community Center, is preparing to address these challenges. WEMU’s Ana Longoria has more.