Today Mayor Derek Dobies announced he has signed onto a friend-of-the-court brief in three key LGBT cases that will be heard at the Supreme Court next term. The brief includes nearly 100 mayors and municipalities around the U.S. encouraging the Supreme Court to rule in support of LGBT nondiscrimination protections in the workplace.
Read MoreTRANSCRIPT: Last Friday morning, municipal employees prepared themselves to serve the public as they normally do in the City of Virginia Beach at the Virginia Beach Municipal Building #2. Much like our city employees here in the City of Jackson, the clerks, office administrators, inspectors, supervisors, administrators, and other workers collaborated and worked together to serve the citizens of Virginia Beach.
Read MoreJACKSON, MI — Coinciding with the beginning of Pride Month, Jackson Mayor Derek Dobies today joined with Governor Whitmer and state legislators in supporting bills that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA) as protected classes. These additions would prohibit discrimination in the LGBTQ community when it comes to being considered for housing, public accommodations, employment and more.
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