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May 11, 2021 | 2:34 PM
(The Center Square) – With redistricting hearings wrapped up and lawmakers providing their input in a map room controlled by Democrats, it’s unclear when draft maps will be released. But some worry about the accuracy of the data that could be used.
Sherri Taylor, a researcher with the Center for Governmental Studies at Northern Illinois University, said Illinois is in the same pickle as the rest of the country. Census data used to accurately draw new political boundaries for states across the country has yet to be released.
Some Census data has been released for the map-making process, but not the block-level data needed to accurately depict the latest counts. That’s not expected until this summer.
A consortium of Detroit musicians are giving back for the holidays with Songs That Got Me Through It, Vol. 1, a new EP benefiting the Pope Francis Center, a metro Detroit homeless shelter. Organized by Sponge s Vinnie Dombroski when the group s annual benefit shows for the Center were canceled for the COVID-19 pandemic, the set includes the band s rendition of Iggy Pop s I Won t Crap Out along with covers of Bob Seger s Sunspot Baby by the Orbitsuns, the Mutants So American by Ricky Rat Pack, Rodriguez s Only Good For Conversation by the Hard Lessons, Bettye LaVette s My Man, He s a Loving Man by Jennifer Westwood and the Handsome Devils, Wilson Pickett s In the Midnight Hour by the Romantics Mike Skill and Sherri Taylor s He s the One That Rings My Bell by the Firewalkers. The album can be ordered via mimirecords.com, with a limited vinyl edition also available from Third Man Pressing.