redistricting

Plans consolidate the district’s elementary schools into three buildings and prepare the rest for other uses

Parents at a Rockford elementary school are set to learn more Wednesday about plans to move their students and turn the building into an early childhood center

The new Senate seats will not bear weight until the chamber is up for election in 2026.

The state expanded its hotline for seasonal workers impacted by bird flu, West Nile Virus has been detected in Kent County, Shelley Irwin takes a visit to Circle Theatre on Living West Michigan, and more.

It took five rounds of open voting and an additional round of ranked choice voting for the 13-member commission to gain consensus

Dee Morrison explores new ways the state is looking to pay for its infrastructure, dredging begins this week at Saugatuck Harbor, the DNR is setting up fall classes, and more state and West Michigan news.

A series of Detroit meetings kicking off today will give area residents the chance to weigh in on 12 proposals for Michigan’s state Senate districts

Six of the redistricting plans that advanced to public comment come from collaboratively drawn maps. Each of them has at least four districts that include at least a 50% Black voting age population

A federal court decision issued last year requiring the commission to redraw some state House and Senate maps means it’s been more active

Holland Symphony Orchestra preview, Governor proposes money for behavioral health services, Amash to run for senate and more state and West Michigan news.