redistricting

Hundreds gathered in downtown Grand Rapids in recognition of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day,

Voter rights advocates say Michigan voters lost political power after SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act, making it more difficult to challenge political maps as partisan or racial gerrymandering

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