Detailed Census Data released
The U.S. Census Bureau released detailed population numbers for the state yesterday. The numbers spurred a number of stories across the state as cities and counties reflected on what the numbers mean:
Census: Detroit Shrank while the suburbs changed
Census: Lansing population falls 4 percent
New 2010 Census data shows Flint population at 102,434
Ottawa County shines as West Michigan shows relative strength in latest U.S. Census figures
Census 2010: Bay County's population decrease could have been worse
U.S. Census data shows slight growth in Muskegon County during decade of Great Recession
2010 Census data shows Michigan shifting rural
Granholm enjoying post-Governor life
In one of the first interviews since leaving the Governor's office in Michigan, Jennifer Granholm says she's enjoying life as a private citizen.
From the Detroit News:
Granholm — after getting to avoid the airport security line as governor — now faces the same indignities as all frequent travelers do. "I got the whole pat-down today, but it is what it is," she said with a laugh. Granholm relishes her new quieter life. "I kind of like being low-key. I kind of like being able to wear sunglasses again," she said. She ate lunch on Cosi and was glued to her BlackBerry — and no one bothered her. "It's a beautiful thing," she said. "I am enjoying life."
Granholm and her husband, Daniel Mulhern, are moving to California, temporarily they say, before moving back to Michigan. Both will be teaching at U.C. Berkeley and they're working on a book together.
Granholm says she won't engage in criticizing her successor, Governor Rick Snyder.
Republicans will start to redraw political districts in Michigan
The U.S. Census numbers are in hand, now its time for politicians to re-draw some fancy lines for new political districts. MLive's Peter Luke says Republicans are wasting no time in redrawing political boundaries for Congressional and State legislative seats.
From M-Live:
Republicans, who have a 9-6 edge in congressional seats, likely will seek to put two or more Democratic incumbents — say U.S. Reps. Dale Kildee, Sander Levin and Gary Peters — in the same district. The process could give some Republicans heartburn as well. The 1st Congressional District currently represented by U.S. Rep. Dan Benishek, R-Crystal Falls, extends from Ironwood to Bay City and will require about 55,000 more residents in the northern Lower Peninsula from districts held by fellow Republicans. Giving Benishek Grand Traverse County, for example, shifts the 4th Congressional District of U.S. Rep. Dave Camp, R-Midland, somewhere else.
