Rexhinaldo Nazarko News Today

The language in the Michigan Hate Crime Act as it’s written, would expand which categories would be protected under Michigan’s Ethnic Intimidation Statute – that would now include things like sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, physical or mental disability, ethnicity, and age.

With primary elections well underway across the country, voting rights and immigrant advocates are raising the alarm about a lack of language assistance for voters who aren’t fluent in English.

Voting rights and immigrant advocates in Georgia argue that many immigrant communities are unable to fully access election materials due to a lack of non-English ballots and a limited number of available languages.