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The Michigan Department of Civil Rights unveiled its new PSA campaign against hate crimes and bias incidents Wednesday.
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A bill package to rework Michigan’s current hate crime law and create a new crime of “institutional desecration” made it out of the state House last month with limited bipartisan support.
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A Lansing state representative has introduced a bill that would further protect the rights of Michiganders experiencing homelessness
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Juneteenth hearkens the arrival on June 19, 1865, of Union troops in Galveston, Texas, to announce the Civil War was over and slaves in the former Confederacy were freed under the Emancipation Proclamation
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"The Jackson House" where Martin Luther King Jr. planned the Alabama marches will be moving to the Henry Ford Museum’s Greenfield Village in Dearborn
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A bill to expand Michigan’s civil rights law to include LGBTQ protections has been moved into a position to be voted on vote tomorrow by the state Senate.
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A first hearing on an LGBTQ civil rights bill was held Thursday before a state Senate committee
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Tax cuts, infrastructure, and access to education all headlined Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s State of the State address last night. But not every Democratic priority made it into the speech
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer made stops today in Lansing and Brighton to build support for her 2023 agenda as she prepares to deliver her fifth State of the State address tomorrow.
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Weekly we celebrate the work of area individuals and organizations advancing equity in our community.