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The Crane A1 map of Michigan state Senate districts approved Wednesday, June 26, 2024, by the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission re-draws six districts that had been declared unconstitutional. It also redraws many others in the region to accommodate those changes.

Redistricting commission chooses final state Senate plan for court approval

A new proposal for state Senate districts in metro Detroit is headed to a federal court for approval after the state redistricting commission voted for it Wednesday.

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Michigan Radio's holiday schedule changes

Discover holiday specials and changes to our regular schedule during the holiday season.

Michigan kills 31,000 Atlantic salmon after they catch disease at hatchery

More than 31,000 Atlantic salmon raised in a Michigan fish hatchery had to be killed after failing to recover from disease.

Karen Williams (left) holds hands with her daughter, Lena Powell, while walking through St. Michael's Lutheran Churchyard in Philadelphia. Williams, who is disabled, bought a life insurance policy to pay for her funeral, but it caused her to lose access to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefit checks that she relies on to pay bills.

These disabled people tried to play by the rules. It cost them their federal benefits

A little-known Social Security program was supposed to lift people out of poverty. Sometimes it traps them there instead.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill designating May 2 as Negro Leagues Day at Hamtramck Stadium on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. The stadium was the home field for the Detroit Stars and the Detroit Wolves in the 1930s and is one of five remaining Negro Leagues parks still standing.

Whitmer signs bill designating Negro Leagues Day in Michigan

A new state law creates a holiday celebrating May 2 as Negro Leagues Day in Michigan. Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the bill Wednesday.

Furoshiki are a type of traditional Japanese wrapping cloth which used to transport clothes, gifts, or other goods. Some are turning to them as a method of holiday wrapping.

For more eco-friendly holiday wrapping, some turn to the Japanese art of furoshiki

The practice dates back hundreds of years, when people started using cloth bundles to carry items to and from public baths. Eventually, it evolved into a wrapping art form.

Chechnya is banning music that's too fast or slow. These songs wouldn't make the cut

Authorities in the Russian republic of Chechnya will only allow music between 80 and 116 beats per minute, though it's unclear how the rule will be enforced.

Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, as seen at the Capitol on June 5, 2024. Doggett is the first congressional Democrat to publicly call for President Biden to quit his reelection bid.

Rep. Doggett calls on Biden to withdraw. He's the first Democrat in Congress to do so

Rep. Lloyd Doggett represents a safe Texas seat. He says he had hoped President Biden's debate performance would give him a boost. "It did not," Doggett said.

That giant extinct shark, Megalodon? Maybe it wasn't so mega

The ancient extinct shark that starred in the film The Meg is thought to be the largest shark that ever swam the Earth. But there's debate over what it really looked like.

A member holds up a sign at a rally by United Auto Workers Local 863 in Louisville, Ky., on Aug. 24, 2023. eaders of the UAW union are considering targeted strikes at a small number of factories run by each of Detroit’s three automakers if they can’t reach contract agreements by a Thursday night, Sept. 14 deadline.

Detroit automakers and auto workers remain far from a deal as end-of-day strike deadline approaches

President Shawn Fain said General Motors, Ford and Stellantis have raised their initial wage offers, but have rejected some of the union’s other demands.

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