Katherine Dailey
Katherine Dailey covers state government and policy for the Michigan Advance. She has previously reported on housing, healthcare, government spending and campaigns in D.C., New Jersey and Chicago.
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Education Department Opens Parental Rights Case Against Ann Arbor Schools Over Transgender Policy
The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday that it is taking action against Ann Arbor Public Schools for what it believes to be likely violations of FERPA, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, in the district’s policies regarding [...]Read more about Education Department Opens Parental Rights Case Against Ann Arbor Schools Over Transgender Policy
Downriver Dem Files Complaint Against Primary Opponent, a Trans Woman, Over Her Name on the Ballot
A Democrat running for Michigan’s 2nd House District in November has filed a campaign complaint against one of his primary opponents, a transgender woman, alleging that she violated state campaign law by not listing her deadname on her affidavit of [...]Read more about Downriver Dem Files Complaint Against Primary Opponent, a Trans Woman, Over Her Name on the Ballot
DOJ Investigating 3 Michigan Districts for ‘Sexual Orientation and Gender Ideology’ Content
The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into three Michigan public school districts — Detroit Public Schools, Lansing Public Schools and Godfrey-Lee Public Schools, a small district in Kent County — for inclusion of “sexual [...]Read more about DOJ Investigating 3 Michigan Districts for ‘Sexual Orientation and Gender Ideology’ Content
Fired for Officiating a Same-Sex Wedding, Calvin Professor’s Case Reaches Michigan Supreme Court
After Joseph Kuilema, now a professor of social work at Grand Valley State University, was fired in 2022 from his post at the private Christian college Calvin University for officiating a same-sex wedding, he sued Calvin, where he had worked since [...]Read more about Fired for Officiating a Same-Sex Wedding, Calvin Professor’s Case Reaches Michigan Supreme Court