Michigan

Sarah Elizabeth Ray, a civil rights activist based in Detroit, is inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame Sarah Elizabeth Ray paved the way for change after being thrown from one of the Boblo boats for being black. DETROIT…

By: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff in Michigan Supreme Court, Opinion Digests August 6, 2021…

The group behind an initiative to add sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of protected classes under Michigan Civil Rights is appealing a state committee decision that they lacked the signatures to proceed.In an appeal filed…

Attorney John Johnson Jr. was unanimously elected to head the Michigan Civil Rights Department after serving as interim director for nearly two months.Johnson, who had previously applied for the position of director, was the department's…

Lansing - The campaign to expand Michigan Civil Rights Act to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation will challenge state officials' findings that it has not collected enough signatures for petitions, sparking a potentially…

By: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff in US 6th Court of Appeals, Opinion Digests July 9, 2021…

A new report from the state electoral bureau found that a petition for a nomination to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity lacks enough signatures to move forward.Fair and Equal Michigan needs 340,047 valid…

BRIGHTON, me. - The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU) urges the Michigan Department of Civil Rights (MDCR) to intervene in a "potentially racially hostile educational environment" in Brighton schools.On Tuesday, the ACLU…

The Michigan Supreme Court has agreed to determine whether Michigan Civil Rights Act protects people from discrimination based on sexual orientation.This order was published today.The Michigan Department of…

By: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff in Michigan Court of Appeals, Opinion Digests June 25, 2021…