LANSING, Mich. — Michigan’s redistricting process is well underway and researchers at Michigan State say in a new report that the independent commission tasked with drawing the new maps has shown no sign of partisanship, but Republicans still have a slight upper hand and there’s growing controversy around Black representation.
Michigan’s new independent redistricting commission, and the draft political maps it has drawn, are headed into a storm next week at TCF Center in Detroit, to say the least.
Jeniffer Hall was hesitant to get vaccinated until early July when a Detroit pastor convinced her that she needed the shot to protect herself and her brother — who she has cared for since he suffered an aneurysm — from Covid-19.
After surviving Covid-19 herself in 2020, Hall said she decided to follow the science instead of listening to her adult children who say the US government can’t be trusted.
Detroit — The most controversial of questions put before voters — whether Detroit should revise its charter — was soundly defeated Tuesday night.
Two in three city voters in unofficial returns rejected the changes.
The initiative was crafted over three years by an elected nine-member Detroit Charter Revision Commission with support from a coalition of environmental and human rights groups. The commission and coalitions that support it contended the plan refocused city government with a greater emphasis on quality of life issues including affordable water and transit, increased oversight and policing reforms.
Detroit voters on Tuesday shot down by a large margin a contentious ballot measure that would have altered the city’s governing document.
There’s a battle on the ballot in Detroit as voters head to the polls on Tuesday. Voters are weighing in on revising the city’s charter.
Detroit voters on Tuesday shot down byWhen community members heard about the burglary of Amor Natural Way Hair Salon, they stepped into help the salon owner.
The Michigan Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a proposed revision to Detroit’s city charter to appear on the Aug. 3 ballot, overturning the decisions of lower courts on the matter.
The Michigan Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a proposed revision to Detroit’s city charter to appear on the Aug. 3 ballot, overturning the decisions of lower courts on the matter.
The decision, which remanded the case back to Wayne County Circuit Court, comes as lawyers argued whether Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s silence on the amendment meant it could not proceed to the ballot. Usually, a charter amendment proceeds to the ballot after earning approval from the governor and is rejected for the ballot if the governor vetoes it.
In less than a week, Detroit voters will decide on Proposal P, a revised city charter.
A research organization calls the revisions “an unprecedented break with former charters in its scope and breadth of changes.”