Colin Jackson | MPRN

A series of Detroit meetings kicking off Tuesday will give area residents the chance to weigh in on 12 proposals for Michigan’s state Senate districts.

Michigan’s importance to the 2024 presidential race came into view this weekend with a stop by Vice President Kamala Harris Saturday in Detroit.

Michigan Democrats continued their effort to gain support among Black voters with a roundtable talk Thursday in Detroit.

Among the results: Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers will appear on Michigan’s ballot, despite an effort from Democrats to challenge his nominating petitions.

The Michigan Supreme Court turned down a request Friday to order that a petition to raise the state’s minimum wage be certified to the November ballot.

Michigan’s Supreme Court could take up an appeal in a case over the state’s election challenger guidance.

Michigan voters will not be seeing any ballot initiatives when they head to the polls this November. Wednesday’s 5 p.m. deadline for initiative petitions to submit signatures to the state Bureau of Elections came and went without any filings, according to the Michigan Department of State.

Child labor permits in Michigan could see a more centralized process under legislation that received a hearing before a state House committee Thursday.

One of the new maps will go on to replace the current state senate district plan that a federal court struck down as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

It could become illegal in Michigan to deny renting to someone because of their source of income, under a bill package heading for the state House of Representatives.