michiganadvance.com
As more people stay at home to slow the spread of COVID-19 and flatten the curve, face-to-face petition gathering for 2020 elections has ground to a halt. This is a big problem for ballot question committees, which have to gather at least 425,059 valid signatures for constitutional amendments, 340,047 for state statutes and 212,529 for […]
about 5 years ago
michiganadvance.com
Dozens of bills aimed at boosting ethics, transparency and financial disclosure
laws have been introduced in the Legislature this year from both parties, with
lawmakers making the case that their respective bills would give Michiganders
the most access to state government. Transparency has been a ho…
almost 4 years ago
michiganadvance.com
In a fundraising email Wednesday, Attorney General Dana Nessel reminded her
supporters that she is gay right in the subject line. “[Name,] I’m gay,” wrote
Nessel. The email came during the first week of LGBTQ Pride Month, which was
recognized for the first time in Michigan’s history in the Senate on…
almost 4 years ago
michiganadvance.com
A group called Citizens for Equality, Fairness and Justice filed a challenge
with the Board of State Canvassers Thursday against the Fair and Equal Michigan
campaign. Fair and Equal Michigan, which aims to ban discrimination in jobs and
housing for LGBTQ Michiganders by expanding Elliott-Larsen Civi…
almost 4 years ago
michiganadvance.com
Updated, 9:05 p.m., 6/8/21 with additional comments Attorney General Dana Nessel
filed a motion Monday in response to a lawsuit that aims for an increase in the
state’s minimum wage and appropriate paid sick time, arguing that she isn’t the
right defendant for the suit. The lawsuit, Mothering Justic…
almost 4 years ago
michiganadvance.com
As of Monday, there are no schools in Michigan under state oversight after Gov.
Gretchen Whitmer released the Muskegon Heights School District from receivership
under the Local Financial Stability and Choice Act and dissolved its
Receivership Transition Advisory Board (RTAB). This marks the first t…
almost 4 years ago
michiganadvance.com
Two candidates on Saturday rode endorsements from former President Donald Trump
to win the majority of Michigan GOP delegates’ votes for secretary of state and
attorney general at the early convention in Grand Rapids. Both Secretary of
State nominee Kristina Karamo and Attorney General nominee Matt…
almost 3 years ago
michiganadvance.com
Jake Gless worked for Lakewood Public Schools as a middle-school art teacher for
about two years and six weeks before he took down the rainbow flag that was
hanging on the wall of his classroom, packed his boxes of paints and papers and
never walked foot into the school building again. It wasn’t bec…
over 2 years ago
michiganadvance.com
Residents of the Forest Hills School District lined up out the door last month for the first FHPS school board candidate forum, waiting to get past security and have their state I.D. checked to make sure they live in the district. That’s an unusual level of security for a school board candidate forum — but […]
over 2 years ago
michiganadvance.com
Following the passage of Proposal 3 in November, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an
executive directive Wednesday instructing state departments and agencies to
review aspects of reproductive rights that fall within their jurisdiction and
identify ways they can protect and increase protections for abort…
over 2 years ago
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