Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission

The judges' approval of the Michigan state Senate map resolves a lawsuit alleging some of the metro Detroit districts were unfairly drawn based on race.

Although there are no state senate elections this year, a new map of the Metro Detroit area has been submitted for review. Additionally, we hear about the competing reactions to the building of a new copper mine in the Western Upper Peninsula. Plus, a conversation with two professors about their recent book on Black women and how higher educational spaces have treated them.

A new proposal for state Senate districts in metro Detroit is headed to a federal court for approval after the state redistricting commission voted for it Wednesday.

A series of Detroit meetings kicking off Tuesday will give area residents the chance to weigh in on 12 proposals for Michigan’s state Senate districts.

One of the new maps will go on to replace the current state senate district plan that a federal court struck down as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

What Michigan farmers are up against in the changing climate and growing seasons. Also today, what’s wrong with Michigan’s housing stock. A discussion on a new study of statewide housing needs. Growing interest in native plants. Then, a short history of Gerrymandering in the United States and Michigan lessons about reclaiming representation.

A federal court this week approved a new plan for Michigan’s state House districts around metro-Detroit. Here's what that means for the future of redistricting in Michigan.

A three-judge federal appeals court panel has approved redrawn state House districts in the Detroit area that will be implemented for the November election.

Michigan’s redistricting commission is once again raising its wages to 35% of the governor’s salary while it redraws legislative districts under a federal court order.

It took the 13-member commission two rounds of voting Wednesday to choose a map to submit to the court.