Bridge Magazine: Regional Transit Dead This Year [TRANSCRIPT]
Voters in southeast Michigan will not see a transit proposal on the ballot this fall after a meeting today ended...
Bridge Magazine: Regional Transit Dead This Year [TRANSCRIPT]
Voters in southeast Michigan will not see a transit proposal on the ballot this fall after a meeting today ended...
Do We Need to Be More Civil in 2018? Or Is It A Time for Incivility?
Carolyn Lukensmeyer/Vann Newkirk II The most recent debates and discussions over immigration, race, and national security have generated a...
Ohio Offers Its Own Solution to Gerrymandering [MAPS + GRAPHS]
Michigan voters could decide whether to change the way the state’s political maps are drawn. A state elections board voted...
LIVE STREAM: Policy Meets the People – The Redistricting Issue Special [VIDEO]
Should Michigan redraw its voting districts? And what should the process be to do that? Can the state ever have...
LA Times Looks At Innovative Ways Detroit ER is Trying To Stem Violent Crime
Los Angeles Times The problem of violent crime in a city like Detroit seems almost hopelessly complex as it spreads...
Here’s Why New Medicaid Work Requirements Affect You, Even If You’re Not On Medicaid
Jake Neher/WDET Gov. Rick Snyder signed a law last Friday that places an 80-hour per month work requirement in order to...
Should Social Studies Standards Reference NAACP or Roe v Wade? Some Republicans Say No
Jake Neher/WDET What parts of American history, controversial or not, should our kids learn about in school? And who should decide...
Redistricting 101: Your District, Your Politicians, But Does Your Vote Matter?
An Introduction to Redistricting: Voters elect someone to represent them in Congress and the state Legislature. That individual represents a...
Does Michigan Have a District that Looks Like Homer Simpson? You Be the Judge
Public Back in 1812, Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry approved a voting map that had one district carefully drawn to favor...
Who Should Draw Michigan’s Political Maps? Voters May Decide [PHOTOS + MAP]
A state elections board certified a petition to change the method of setting the boundaries for Michigan's congressional and state...
Become A Gerrymandering Expert Just By Listening [PODCASTS]
On a hot summer day, there are few things cooler than learning about gerrymandering. Don't know what we're talking about?...
Voters Not Politicians: The Cons [TRANSCRIPT]
Jamie Roe If this November's statewide ballot allows Michigan voters the choice to change the process of drawing the state's...