An obscure nonprofit, the Michigan Redistricting Resource Institute, paid the funds from undisclosed sources to GOP lawyers and consultants to draw legislative lines that favored the party in 2011 redistricting
Michigan Government
Citizens cannot do their job of running their government if they don’t know what their public servants are doing.
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Maps show how gerrymandering benefitted Michigan Republicans
How the Michigan GOP used scalpel-like precision – and sometimes the bluntness of a dull axe – to redraw state political boundaries in their favor since 2000.
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Bill Schuette no longer touts Trump ties, but president’s shadow follows
Michigan’s November election will be all about President Donald Trump, whether the candidates for governor like it or not. (Spoiler alert: Democrats like it.)
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Turning Gretchen Whitmer into Granholm, a Republican gamble in governor race
Republicans say Gretchen Whitmer would push the same tax and economic policies as Michigan’s last Democratic governor, Jennifer Granholm. The record is more complicated.
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Two Michigan House rivals say hello, talk. In other news: Hell freezes over.
What candidates across a divided political landscape can learn from two men competing for a House seat in Kalamazoo.
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Michigan redistricting group gets $250,000 donation for fall ballot battle
Voters Not Politicians received the money from a national group pushing redistricting reform headed by former Obama Attorney General Eric Holder. Critics say it’s more proof of a Democratic scheme.
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Bridge Magazine guide to the 2018 Michigan ballot proposals
Three statewide Michigan ballot proposals will appear in November, ranging from legalizing recreational marijuana to voting and redistricting reform. Bridge offers a quickie guide to their pros and cons, and who is funding them.
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Michigan voters to governor candidates: Fix the roads, schools, insurance
At a recent Truth Tour stop, voters tell Bridge their concerns mostly align with top issues identified by Bill Schuette and Gretchen Whitmer in their campaigns for governor.
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Expansion of Michigan's voting access to be decided by November ballot
The Michigan Board of State Canvassers unanimously voted to place a ballot proposal to expand voting access on the November ballot. It would allow, among other things, same-day voter registration and no-reason absentee voting.
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Michigan Legislature passes minimum wage, paid sick leave bills to avert ballot
The Republican-led legislature could be in for a legal fight if they try to blunt or kill these measures after the November election. Democrats accuse GOP of foiling the will of voters by keeping measures off ballot.