civil rights

A petition campaign to add LGBTQ protections to Michigan’s civil rights law is over. That’s after the Michigan Supreme Court refused Tuesday to hear an appeal of a ruling that the campaign failed to gather enough signatures.

The Michigan Supreme Court has released the list of cases it will hear next month. One is a civil rights challenge to a Grand Rapids Police Department policy that allows officers to fingerprint and photograph people they want to question, but may never be charged with a crime.

Today on Stateside , we’ll hear about the Native Justice Coalition’s call to action in support of missing and murdered indigenous people. Also, we talk...

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has formally dedicated a state office building with a new name that honors two civil rights pioneers.The former Lewis Cass…

Welcome to a new week on IPR's Kids Commute. This week starts out on Monday, January 20, which is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In his honor, we've put…

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has barred embattled Michigan Civil Rights Department Director Agustin Arbulu. Whitmer says it’s time for Arbulu to be fired for…

Today on Stateside , a Republican proposal to fix Michigan’s roads is circulating in Lansing that wouldn't raise taxes. Plus a look at avian botulism, a...

Democratic lawmakers and Governor Gretchen Whitmer say it’s time to expand protections for Michigan’s LGBTQ people.Some lawmakers have been trying for…

Four professors at Northern Michigan University in Marquette have filed a lawsuit alleging the university pays them less than their male coworkers. Brian…

The state Department of Civil Rights is now accepting complaints from people who say they’ve faced discrimination based on their sexual orientation or…