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Critics challenging Michigan’s redistricting commission in court argue the latest proposed House map unfairly benefits incumbents and doesn’t address all of the issues that prompted a federal court to order a redraw.
Two Democrats and one Republican were chosen to fill vacancies on Michigan’s independent redistricting commission, which could soon be tasked with redrawing metro Detroit state legislative maps.
With the funding contract for Norman’s only overnight emergency shelter set to expire in March, homelessness advocates described the impact of its upcoming closure.
The commission created by voters in 2018 to end gerrymandering adopted a plan to go dormant this week once lawsuits against its work wrap up.
Michigan’s redistricting commission says it’s already spent around $432,000 since running out of money in October. Colin Jackson has more.