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Lots of Detroit readers look for film critic Roger Ebert's signature endorsement "two thumbs up" when they scan a movie's poster or a DVD's cover. Ebert, who has written for the Chicago Sun-Times for 46 years, is one of the most trusted reviewers in the entertainment...
Some Michigan Republicans are hot under the collar over maneuvers they believe are meant to thwart our state's hot -button "right to work" law, which goes into effect Thursday.Detroit readers will recall that law makes it illegal for unions to force people to pay...
When it comes to state laws, people in Michigan know that it can get complicated and sometimes hard to follow. But what many people may not realize is that it's because of these complexities that cases often times get caught up in the court system for long periods of...
Fans of the Detroit Lions are paying close attention to the team and the National Football League this time of year. While the regular season doesn't begin until after Labor Day, this is the time of year when NFL teams determine what their squads will look like in the...
A former employee who believes that he was wrongfully terminated for reporting misconduct will appeal a Michigan jury's decision that his dismissal was not unlawful, his attorney said last week.Last Tuesday, a jury in Harbor Springs found that while the employee, a...
Recently, news broke that the Boy Scouts of America is considering revisiting its longstanding ban on allowing gay scouts and scoutmasters. This news has attracted quite a bit of attention because the Boy Scouts is an iconic U.S. organization and this policy has been...
A Michigan woman and her daughters were refused service at a Westland Golden Corral because the manager was frightened by their genetic skin condition, according to a lawsuit filed by federal prosecutors. If the facts played out as the mother and daughters allege,...
A nurse has filed a lawsuit against a Michigan hospital, claiming that she was not allowed to care for a newborn baby because she is black.As we see it, it is bad enough that racism still exists in this day and age, but it is even worse if businesses continue to...
This week, the Family and Medical Leave Act, one of the most important pieces of federal legislation affecting employees' rights, turned 20 years old.Passed back in 1993 during President Bill Clinton's first term, FMLA quickly became a watchword in Human Resources...
Two weeks ago, we wrote about how the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Detroit office was looking for cases that it believed would help it shore up protection for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees in Michigan.We recently noticed that protection...