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Approved by voters in 2018, the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Panel faces several hurdles but could take a big step forward Thursday in its quest to reverse gerrymandering.
Linda Byrd had managed to keep her child care center running through nearly one year of the coronavirus pandemic when her state funding started to come up short.
A co-working space has arrived in Southwest Detroit targeting the Spanish-speaking and immigrant community.
The Detroit school district has decided it will pause in-person instruction next week to prevent the spread of COVID-19 after spring break.
Shokelle McKay, convicted as a minor, is in a Michigan prison and struggling to gain access to personal protective equipment and stay safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
For two straight summers, residents of Detroit’s Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood watched water pour into basements and pool in streets, a result of coastal flooding that will become increasingly common throughout the Great Lakes as climate change progresses.
The United Ways’ ALICE report, released Tuesday, illustrates the gulf in Michigan between having a job and having a job that pays enough to support workers and families. The most in-demand job going forward: fast food.
Conservatives say they’re trying to curb fraud with effort to make absentee voting harder. Others say it would be “the biggest infringement on voter rights to ever be put into public policy in this state.”
Asian-American Michiganders said a recent surge in cases of racism nationally reflects their experiences here. Two legislators are calling attention to concerns anti-Asian discrimination in Michigan is undercounted.
A bill now in the Michigan Legislature would make it easier for defendants to see police misconduct records.