Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

James and Jennifer Crumbley were found by Detroit police in a building on the city's east side. They had been missing since Friday, after they were charged with involuntary manslaughter.

The state Senate allocates more than Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proposed, but Michigan’s infrastructure has been underfunded for years.

A citizen group created to end a closed-door process heeds advice of lawyers and keeps documents private.

The 13-member redistricting panel, created in part to make the process more transparent, has declined multiple Freedom of Information Act requests by Michigan news outlets.

The odds for passage of new gun restrictions or safety measures in the Michigan Legislature are slim, even in the wake of a school shooting that left four students dead.

The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission will meet Thursday to decide whether to release documents used to draft majority-minority districts in southeast Michigan.

Despite the constitution and an attorney general opinion, the independent panel says it’s not obligated to make public memos that helped shape southeast Michigan districts.

For the first time in years, incumbency wasn’t a consideration in drawing new districts. That means dozens may have to face each other in legislative races, a Bridge analysis finds.

Despite opinion, the panel may still wait a week — or more — to release documents that could show the rationale for decreasing the number of majority-minority districts in Michigan.

A commissioner has changed his mind and now says the group may have been wrong to keep private memos that helped shape Detroit districts.

Michigan knew for months it was making costly mistakes, but continued them anyway — and most of the money won’t be recouped, the report found.

The Board of Canvassers signs off on a ballot language to ask whether Michigan should join the national movement to end the Electoral College. Critics say it would weaken Michigan’s clout.

Michigan’s new political boundaries are being drawn in a more transparent fashion than in the past, but there are still questions being raised about documents hidden from the public.

The state’s non-partisan citizens redistricting panel is less than two months from approving final new legislative boundaries that could alter the political makeup in Lansing and DC. They have proposed 15 maps, most of which could give Democrats an edge.

Citizen group finds middle ground on House maps, but ignores advice of counsel and changes deadline for submitting legislative district proposals.

Bridge Michigan calculations estimate the refunds could range from $80 a driver to $700. That state catastrophic claims association did not offer immediate details on the size or timing of the rebate.

Other states have ‘unpacked’ districts to make legislatures more competitive without diluting minority voices. Can Michigan?

The citizens panel is catching heat for meeting in closed session to discuss whether its maps adhere to the Voting Rights Act.

The citizens panel drew maps that would all but eliminate majority-minority districts. Now, some members want a reset.

Residents push back against legislative maps that leave Michigan with one of 161 districts with more than 50 percent Black voters residents, who said the maps further disenfranchise voters of color.