LGBTQ protections

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill this week that bans the use of what’s sometimes called the “gay panic” defense.

Over 90 employers have been awarded grants from West Michigan Works!, gas prices are on the rise ahead of the holiday, a local artist is creating a series of murals at the Ford Airport, and more.

The Governor signed bills Thursday to preserve Obamacare coverage in Michigan even if all or part of the Affordable Care Act is reversed at the federal level.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Wednesday that prohibits mental health professionals from using so-called conversion therapy on LGBTQ minors. Michigan becomes the 22nd state to implement the ban on conversion therapy.

Similar bills withered in earlier sessions of the Legislature when one or both of the chambers were controlled by Republicans

The Michigan Senate voted today (WED) to expand Michigan's Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to include LGBTQ rights.

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.

The proposed legislation would expand the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to include protections surrounding sexual orientation and gender identity.

Michigan’s already expansive civil rights law would also specify that those protections include LGBTQ people under legislation that cleared a state Senate committee Thursday

A first hearing on an LGBTQ civil rights bill was held Thursday before a state Senate committee