The suit claims the districts violate the constitution because they don’t have even populations. One of the plaintiffs is challenging Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson for re-election.
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New Detroit City Council members outline their priorities
Detroit voters flipped the City Council in November, placing six new members on the nine-person council. Every member took an oath to serve the people of Detroit for the next four years, but what can Detroiters actually expect, based on the councilmembers’ actions so far?
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Battle brewing among Michigan Democrats over new political maps
The redrawn redistricting maps give Democrats the first chance in a generation to flip the Michigan Legislature. But Black leaders say it could happen at the expense of electing Black candidates.
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Opinion: It’s time to end ‘prison gerrymandering’ in Michigan
Wayne County Executive Warren C. Evans writes about how incarcerated people, many of them Black and Brown, are being disenfranchised by the state’s redistricting commission.
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Keeping tabs on Detroit’s tab as it spends $826M in federal COVID aid
BridgeDetroit is tracking how the City of Detroit is spending its American Rescue Plan Act funds. Here’s a list of who, why and how much so far.
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Michigan Black lawmakers to sue redistricting commission over new maps
The commission contended Blacks will get more political power by being spread out in multiple districts. Lawmakers disagree.
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Congressional map adopted by Michigan panel gives Democrats 7-6 edge
Michigan’s two majority-Black congressional districts are eliminated. Eight of 14 incumbents would have to face off against each other or run in different districts.
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Here’s what the Michigan redistricting panel discussed in secret
Read the seven memos Bridge Michigan and other news outlets sued to make public. Most materials discuss the Voting Rights Act and drawing of majority-minority districts.
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Michigan Supreme Court orders release of redistricting panel’s secret work
Bridge Michigan was among several media organizations that sued the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission for its failure to make public a private hearing and refusing to release secret legal memos related to its work.
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Critics say prisons give rural Michigan towns unfair edge in redistricting
Advocates call it ‘prison gerrymandering’ and say urban cities are denied truly fair representation because inmates are counted as residents of their prisons. Others say it’s not so simple.