The plaintiffs' argument that a map which purportedly protects incumbents and locks in the results of the 2022 election "assumes a degree of passivity among Detroit-area voters that finds little ...

Detroit — As the redistricting commission moves to redraw several Detroit House districts, Arab American and Hispanic communities are voicing concerns about what the rearrangement will mean for ...

Federal judges gave final approval to a new map of Michigan state Legislature boundaries, concluding a case in which the court previously found that several Detroit-area districts' maps were ...

DETROIT, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission approved nine configurations of a map, and an independent map submitted for the public's consideration at ...

The state Senate map approved by the court creates two new majority-Black districts where none existed in the old map. One — District 3 — includes Detroit's east side, along with Hamtramck and ...

Commissioners drafted several new maps in an attempt to fix problems that a federal court found with legislative maps drawn for Metro Detroit districts in 2021. Over the past month, the Michigan ...

Nearly 80% of Detroit residents are Black, but the Black voting age population in the Detroit-area districts mostly ranges from 35% to 45%, the panel said. One is 19%.

Senate District 3 currently represented by state Sen. Stephanie Chang, D-Detroit Senate District 6 currently represented by state Sen. Mary Cavanagh, D-Redford Township ...

The selected map — dubbed Motown Sound E1 — makes adjustments in House Districts 1-14 and a minor change to District 16, more than double the number of districts ruled unconstitutional and ...

FILE - The Michigan Capitol is seen, May 24, 2023, in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File) TOPICS: Michigan Senate Districts Court Detroit Redistricting Maps Election ...

How many districts changed? In 2022, a group of metro Detroit voters challenged Michigan's state legislative maps in a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan.