MichMash Politics

Michigan’s Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission has started its series of public meetings across the state. It is gathering input from residents about how they’d like the commission to draw the state’s new political maps. MichMash hosts Jake Neher and Cheyna Roth talk about one big question that keeps coming up during these meetings. And a conversation with redistricting expert Kimball Brace, whose company Election Data Services Inc. has been hired to help the commission draw Michigan's new maps.

The Whitmer administration is still handling a number of massive lawsuits that it inherited from former Governor Rick Snyder’s administration. MichMash hosts Jake Neher and Cheyna Roth talk with Gongwer Executive Editor and Publisher Zach Gorchow about what’s at stake with those lawsuits and how the governor and attorney general are handling them.

Michigan will lose a Congressional district next year. That’s after new Census results showed Michigan hasn’t been growing as fast as the rest of the country. MichMash hosts Jake Neher and Cheyna Roth talk about why the state has been lagging in population growth.

State lawmakers and advocates are renewing efforts to get rid of the sales tax on menstrual products in Michigan. MichMash hosts Cheyna Roth and Jake Neher talk about what makes this new push different than in years past. And they speak with 'Make Meaning' podcast host Lynne Golodner about what's happening here and abroad to end 'period poverty,' and about finding meaning in our lives during the pandemic.

2021 has been a difficult year to navigate so far for American auto companies. MichMash hosts Jake Neher and Cheyna Roth talk with Detroit News Washington Correspondent Riley Beggin about how the auto industry is dealing with parts shortages and a toxic political environment.

COVID-19 vaccines appear to be working well in Michigan to prevent people from getting sick or dying.

But some news consumers might be getting the wrong impression about how safe the vaccines really are. MichMash hosts Jake Neher and Cheyna Roth talk with Wayne State University journalism professor Fred Vultee about the consequences of misleading headlines.

Votes are being counted in the effort to unionize Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama. MichMash hosts Jake Neher and Cheyna Roth talk with Congressman Andy Levin (D-Bloomfield Twp.), who says the vote has big implications here in Michigan.

The new focus on a massive infrastructure spending plan in Washington D.C. has big implications here in Michigan.

MichMash hosts Cheyna Roth and Jake Neher talk about what members of our Congressional delegation are saying about what it would mean for inequality in Michigan.

Michigan’s Legislature is coming under new scrutiny for its own family leave policies for lawmakers and staffers.

MichMash hosts Jake Neher and Cheyna Roth talk with WKAR’s Abigail Censky about her reporting on this issue and why it matters to all Michiganders.

Throughout the pandemic, one of the biggest challenges for public health officials has been our toxic political environment.

MichMash hosts Cheyna Roth and Jake Neher talk about efforts to politicize this health crisis and why they could have lasting impacts on public health and policymaking. And a conversation with Michigan Chief Medical Executive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun.