Michigan must redraw congressional, legislative maps for 2020
A three-judge federal panel ruled Thursday that Michigan’s congressional and legislative maps are unconstitutionally gerrymandered, ordering the state Legislature to redraw at least 34 districts for the 2020 election.
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The decision also requires special state Senate elections to be held in 2020, instead of 2022 as scheduled.
Michigan must redraw congressional, legislative maps for 2020
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Metro Detroit weather: Last weekend of April brings accumulating snow
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An Oakland County judge accused of driving drunk was ordered to take unpaid suspension. Read more .
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Video shows Sterling Heights police rescuing alleged drunken driver from burning car after crash. Watch here .
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A off-duty firefighter rescued a man from a burning home on Detroit's east side. Learn more .
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A World War II veteran and his wife are working to move forward after they lost their home in a devastating fire. Read more .
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Flint water crisis
April 25 marks the five-year anniversary of when city officials switched from Detroit’s water supply to the Flint River to cut costs. Instead, this switch triggered a citywide health crisis with lead-contaminated water flowing into every home and business in Flint.
Missing man
A man's body found Wednesday by filmmakers in Pontiac has been tentatively identified as a man who was first reported missing last year.
Authorities have been searching for 41-year-old Lanard Jerome "LA" Curtaindoll since November. He was last seen in the 100 block of Edison Street in Pontiac on Nov. 23 and was driving a blue 2015 Hyundai Accent. He left a nightclub and never made it home.
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Thursday would have been the 18th birthday for a girl who was shot by a speeding driver while leaving a family party on Detroit's west side.
Charges dropped
Second-degree murder charges against Matthew James Luke and Jamie Lynn Starr in connection with the death of a 2-year-old boy in Wayne have been dropped.
The original report from Child Protective Services describes a gut-wrenching case of abuse and alleges the people caring for Devin Bisesi turned a Pack 'N Play into a cage and left him there. He suffocated when he became trapped when he tried to escape.
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