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A Senate committee has approved a bill to add LGBTQ protections to Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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A first hearing was held Thursday on a bill to add LGBTQ protections to Michigan’s civil rights law. Rick Pluta reports.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer delivered her fifth State of the State address last night. In the speech, the second-term Democrat outlined an agenda that linked civil rights, public safety and education as critical to economic success. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer made stops Tuesday in Lansing and Brighton to build support for her 2023 agenda as she prepares to deliver her fifth State of the State address tonight. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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Elizabeth Clement is the new chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. Rick Pluta has more.
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When Ypsilanti mayoral candidate Nicole Brown was declared the winner of the Democratic primary in August, many thought that was the end of the race. With Ypsilanti being a heavily Democratic area, the primary winner often runs unopposed in the November general election. That is not the case this year. Community organizer Amber Fellows is running as a non-partisan candidate, and Mark Alan King is seeking the office on the Libertarian ticket. WEMU’s Josh Hakala looks at the race in this extended report.
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For three and a half decades, Republicans have either run the agenda in Lansing or at least had veto power amid Democrats’ shifting fortunes. At no point since 1983 have Democrats simultaneously held the governor’s office, the state House and the Michigan Senate. But Democrats are cautiously eyeing the possibility that this could finally be their year. Rick Pluta has more.
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Ann Arbor’s LGBTQ community is celebrating the Michigan Supreme Court's decision that determined the state constitution does ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender indentity. But, as WEMU's Cathy Shafran reports, it’s just a first step.
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Michigan’s civil rights law includes protections from discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Rick Pluta reports.
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It is now up to the Michigan Supreme Court to decide whether the state’s civil rights law offers protections against discrimination for LGBTQ people in in employment, housing, education and public accommodations. Rick Pluta reports.