redistricting

Two more members of Michigan’s redistricting commission announced their resignations Tuesday.

The suit alleges state House and Senate maps drawn by the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission violate the 14th Amendment and the Voting Rights Act.

On today’s Stateside podcast, we look at a couple of postmortem election stories. We get into the spiciness of election results and challenges and we also look at how redistricting has affected election outcomes.

On today's show, we talked about effects of redistricting and spoke with a Michigan artist about new music. Plus, an author told the story of a Grand Rapids man who was caught up in a cult and was lost at sea.

A lot has been made since last week about redistricting in Michigan and the fact that new, independently drawn maps helped Democrats win both the state House and Senate for the first time in nearly 40 years.

Campaigns for Michigan’s state House and Senate have spent $29 million dollars on political ads in this election cycle so far. That’s the most in the nation, according to the group AdImpact.

Today on Stateside, a new report highlights how candidates preferred by Black voters are unlikely to win primary elections due to redistricting. Then, Plowshares Theatre producing artistic director talks about future of live theatre after the pandemic. Also, the shutdown of the Abbott baby formula factory that kicked off a nationwide shortage stemmed from an incident with a stun gun. Finally, two treaties made by the US could lead to drastically different outcomes for Line 5.

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib faces a new body of constituents in her upcoming re-election campaign. A new book tells the history of Michigan's beloved Zingerman's restaurants. Michigan legislators vote to pause gasoline excise tax amid hefty prices at the pump.

A member of Michigan’s redistricting commission is suing the group.

The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission released finalized district maps in December, which are scheduled to take effect for the next election cycle. Here’s what you need to know about how the districts will change and who's declared their candidacy so far.