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The bills were adopted on party-line votes. Republicans say more restrictions aren’t the solution to gun violence
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Democrats unsuccessfully tried to pass similar legislation after a mass shooting at Oxford High School in 2021
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Michigan bills for universal gun background checks, safe storage, and keeping firearms from those deemed a threat to themselves or others made it out of a Senate committee Thursday
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The state Senate adopted bills Wednesday to repeal Michigan’s dormant abortion ban. The Senate action will send the bills to Governor Gretchen Whitmer, who has promised to sign them
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The Michigan Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee Thursday heard testimonies from families and students affected by gun violence
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The Michigan Senate voted today (WED) to expand Michigan's Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to include LGBTQ rights.
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A package of bills introduced last week in the state Senate seeks to help young people understand sexual assault and help survivors of sexual assault manage the process of seeking justice.
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The proposed legislation would expand the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to include protections surrounding sexual orientation and gender identity.
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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
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A bill filed in the Michigan Senate would allow more people to see some confidential children’s protective services case files