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A federal appellate panel held two religious entities have established standing in their challenge to Michigan’s civil rights law that now includes sexual orientation and gender identity protections.

New Senate bills give Michigan seniors and "vulnerable adults," who are unable to live on their own, access to a restraining order system under which they could petition against people they fear won't leave their property, or who have exploited them financially or tampered with their care.

FBI Special Agent Brett Mason outlined “the pathway to violence” and key behaviors potentially signaling someone is about to engage in a violent attack at the MI Response To Hate conference put on by the Michigan Department of Civil Rights and the Michigan Alliance Against Hate Crimes Tuesday.

A Court of Claims judge Tuesday quickly quashed former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s request to force the Bureau of Elections from keeping his name on the Nov. 5 ballot.

The ACLU of Michigan and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a member of the Kalamazoo Board of County Canvassers who acknowledged his willingness to violate election law if he disagrees with the upcoming presidential election results.