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Critics of redrawn voting districts raise concerns over lack of Black representation

DETROIT (FOX 2) – The reaction has been mixed with the newly drawn voting maps in Michigan – which will literally change the political landscape.

The past few months we heard the cries from Black elected officials, voting groups, and voters about being overlooked by Michigan’s Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission.

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Detroit Association of Black Organization offering free COVID-19 rapid testing to Metro Detroiters

DETROIT, MI (WXYZ) — The Detroit Association of Black Organizations is offering free rapid COVID-19 testing to any Metro Detroiter looking for a test.

The organization will hold its pop-up test site at The Sheffield Center at 12048 Grand River Detroit, MI 48204.

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Community honors 11-year-old who was kidnapped alongside his 3 siblings in Detroit

DETROIT – The community is honoring an 11-year-old boy for keeping his composure when he and his three siblings were kidnapped last month by a woman driving a van in Detroit.

Officials said they pulled over Stephanie Marie Binder, 37, of Detroit, around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday (Nov. 30) in the area of Grand River and Evergreen avenues for running a red light.

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MSU report on redistricting finds no partisanship, but leaders concerned about Black representation

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.

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Detroit officials, activists say proposed political maps disenfranchise Black voters

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.

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