A Detroit-area Senate map adopted Wednesday by the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission offers a fairly stable plan from a partisan standpoint but includes some radical geographic changes for the members across 15 amended districts.
A single Detroit-area Senate map has become the favorite to be adopted by the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission , but the constitutional majority necessary to adopt that map was still elusive Tuesday evening.
Enacting legislation intended to address gaps in Black maternal health is critical in reducing disparities in access to care and in mortality rates while helping rein in bias and racism in prenatal care, advocates told a Senate panel Tuesday.
A Senate committee on Wednesday discussed a pair of bills that sponsors said would modernize debt collections and bankruptcy.
Six draft state Senate maps advanced Tuesday by the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission could mean dramatic changes for several incumbents eligible for reelection in 2026.
Bills that would prohibit housing discrimination based on source of income cleared a House committee Wednesday.
The Senate set the table Tuesday for votes on its slate of budgets later this week by adopting a slew of floor amendments and moving more than a dozen budget bills through General Orders.
Some bipartisan effort highlighted business Thursday in the Senate as it began the process of moving their slate of appropriations bills, with members of both parties acknowledging work on an amendment to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development budget.
Senators moved a Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity budget with recommendations of over $200 million more than the governor's Tuesday while removing funding for multiple key items and instead directing monies toward housing and other grant programs.
Members of the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission spent more time bickering than mapping on Tuesday, but the body was able to complete a third map configuration for Detroit's Senate seats this week.