Michiganders will soon decide who serves on the highest court in the state—and those two justices will have a hand in making some important decisions for the people of Michigan. MICHIGAN—Two seats on the state Supreme Court are up for grabs in this year’s elections,...
BY JON KING, MICHIGAN ADVANCE MICHIGAN—A state Senate committee took testimony Thursday on a bill that would bar the “gay panic” and “trans panic” defenses from being used in court. The Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety Committee heard from state Rep....
Republican lawmakers don’t control the legislative agenda in Lansing—but they’re still trying to go after LGBTQ rights. MICHIGAN—Human rights advocates have identified (and are actively tracking) several anti-LGBTQ bills that have been sponsored by Michigan...
Republican lawmakers from Michigan want to enact discriminatory laws to strip away life-saving health care for transgender and non-binary people, regardless of their age. MICHIGAN—Republicans lawmakers are hashing out new plans to ban gender-affirming care, sometimes...
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed more than 300 bills into state law in 2023—and many of them set to take effect next month. MICHIGAN—After taking full control of both chambers of Michigan’s state legislature last year, Democratic state lawmakers kept busy by passing more...