Stories tagged: "settlement"

Aimee Stephens talks during in an interview in Ferndale, Mich., Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. The Supreme Court will hear Stephens' case Oct. 8 over whether federal civil rights law that bars job discrimination on the basis of sex protects transgender people. Other arguments that day deal with whether the same law covers sexual orientation. Amid their annual vigils for transgender homicide victims, trans-rights activists in the U.S. are trying to maintain long-term optimism even as many hard-won protections are under threat. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Social Justice Aimee Stephens’ Estate Will Receive More Than $100,000 in Discrimination Settlement

Stephens died weeks before the US Supreme Court decided she was protected under civil rights law. Now her former employer has to pay up.

Associated Press December 1, 2020 10:02 am EST

FILE - In this March 21, 2016, file photo, the Flint Water Plant water tower is seen in Flint, Mich. Multiple news outlets report Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, that the state of Michigan has reached a $600 million agreement to compensate Flint residents whose health was damaged by lead-tainted drinking water. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Environment Flint Still Doesn’t Have Clean Water, but Michigan Is Cutting a $600M Check to Residents

Michigan is taking the first of many steps to make a broken community whole.

Associated Press August 20, 2020 10:26 am EDT