politics and government

A three-judge panel has ruled that Michigan's congressional and legislative maps are unconstitutionally gerrymandered, ordering the state legislature to redraw at least 34 districts for the 2020 election.

WKAR's Scott Pohl talks with capital correspondent Cheyna Roth about Thursday's decision, which also requires special state Senate elections to be held in 2020 instead of 2022 as scheduled.

Jocelyn Benson is Michigan’s first Democratic secretary of state in over 20 years. She’s taking office after  voters made sweeping changes in the 2018 midterms to how Michiganders will vote and how their districts will be drawn.

One of the newcomers heading to Lansing in January is Senator-elect Mallory McMorrow. A Democrat, McMorrow won her first-ever bid for office, unseating Republican Marty Knollenberg in Oakland County’s 13th district.

For decades, NPR listeners have heard the political reporting and commentary of Cokie Roberts. Tonight, she’ll appear at the Governor Jim Blanchard Public Service Forum in the Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre, starting at 7:30 p.m. Before the event, Cokie Roberts spent a few minutes with WKAR’s Scott Pohl.

Michigan officials are expressing confidence in the security and accuracy of voting technology ahead of tomorrow’s election.

Last week, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners appointed Dennis Louney to represent the county’s tenth district on Lansing’s east side. The vacancy had been created by the resignation of Brian McGrain, who now runs the economic development and planning department in the city of Lansing.