LGBTQ protections

MDOT wants public input on the I-96/Fruit Ridge Avenue interchange rebuild, a Rockford-area contractor will spend over eight years in prison for fraud, another One Small Step conversation and more.

In response to advance word of the resolution, protesters demonstrated in front of the Capitol and crowded the halls of the Anderson House Office Building

Grand Rapids based HexArmor expanding headquarters, the post office may move out of Muskegon Heights, World Affairs Council begins the Great Decisions Series and more.

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.