MichMash: Michigan House Speaker Joe Tate on redistricting, 2024 agenda
This year marks a new venture with WDET and Gongwer News Service, combining forces to create a new and improved...
Detroit Today: Should Michigan’s political maps be changed?
In 2018, Michiganders voted to have our legislative maps drawn by an independent commission of state residents instead of by...
Detroit Evening Report: New redistricting commissioners being selected after resignations
The Michigan Department of State will soon replace three commissioners who recently resigned from the 13-member Michigan Independent Citizens...
Detroit Democrats demand more representation and new districts
A federal court is requiring the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC) to redraw more than a dozen state House...
Federal court deems 13 of Michigan’s House and Senate districts unconstitutional
A federal court ruled Thursday that more than a dozen Michigan state House and Senate districts around metro Detroit violate...
Plaintiff, redistrict commission lawyers project confidence after redistricting lawsuit trial
Both sides of a lawsuit over Michigan’s legislative district maps projected confidence Monday as attorneys prepared their post-trial briefs. The...
Michigan Supreme Court tosses redistricting lawsuit
The Michigan Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to the new legislative districts drawn by an independent commission. At issue...
How Ohio and Alabama’s redistricting rulings could affect new maps in Michigan
Michigan’s new political maps are historic. They’re the first maps drawn by a citizen’s redistricting commission, not politicians. But that...
Groups to challenge partisan fairness of Michigan House map
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Several groups announced Friday they will sue to challenge Michigan’s new state House map, alleging it...
Michigan Supreme Court hears arguments challenging newly redrawn legislative districts
The Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on whether they should direct the state’s redistricting commission to redraw recently approved district maps. A coalition of current and...
Reactions to Michigan’s new district lines are all over the map
Michigan’s redistricting commission has approved new legislative and congressional district maps. But that’s just the beginning of a new chapter...