Financial Advisor Colleen Newton receives certification
submitted by Edward Jones Financial Advisor Colleen Newton of the financial services firm Edward Jones in Manchester, Michigan, has received the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER(™), or CFP®, certification, granted by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (CFP Board). Becoming a CFP® professional expands a financial advisor’s knowledge base in the following areas: financial management, tax-sensitive […]
Whitmer wants free community college for all. Michigan House has other plans
by Isabel Lohman (Bridge Michigan) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer visited a high school career training center Wednesday to promote her proposal to guarantee free community college for all high school graduates. But that guarantee — a key provision of her $80.7 billion budget plan — appears in jeopardy after the Democratic-led state House omitted it later […]
Michigan Dems OK $3M for e-bike discounts. GOP says plan is off the rails
by Simon D. Schuster LANSING — A proposed electric bicycle incentive program that could dramatically cut prices through income-based “discount vouchers” received nearly $3 million in funding in a budget plan approved by the Michigan House Wednesday. The provision, part of a larger $81 billion state budget proposal, was championed by Democrats as a “future-facing” […]
Northern lights put on spellbinding show in Michigan
Quality of Life (Bridge Michigan) Michiganders reached for the sky late Friday, pointing cell phones toward the heavens to get a rare glimpse of the northern lights that were visible because of a major geomagnetic storm. The majestic lights — or aurora borealis — were visible far farther south than usual. They were best seen in northern […]
An arrest, more protests at University of Michigan graduation events
by Isabel Lohman (Bridge Michigan) ANN ARBOR — Police arrested one person Friday, and dozens of activists attempted to disrupt a Saturday graduation ceremony as pro-Palestinian demonstrations escalated at the University of Michigan. The arrest was the first of its kind in the nearly two weeks since activists set up an encampment at U-M, which […]
‘Ghost riders’ on the lookout for distracted drivers in Michigan
by Jenelle D James (Bridge Michigan) Michigan law enforcement agencies have partnered with the Transportation Improvement Association to crack down on distracted driving. The initiative, called Operation Ghost Rider, uses officers in unmarked vehicles to spot distracted drivers then radio another officer in a marked vehicle to conduct a traffic stop. Operation Ghost Rider started […]
Lawsuit accuses EPA of failing to prevent harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie
by Tracy Samilton, Michigan Radio Lucas County in Ohio, the city of Toledo, and the Environmental Law and Policy Center are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over harmful algal blooms in western Lake Erie. The lawsuit alleges that the EPA’s consent order with the state of Ohio does not measure the actual amount of phosphorus from […]
City DPW sets manhole cleaning schedule
by Marsha Chartrand “We have spent a lot of money and done a lot of talking this year, about water and sewer infrastructure in the city,” said City Manager Michael Sessions. “We have many pipes in town that have been identified as problems and the inefficiency of the system is costly to the end user […]
Proposal would keep tractor-trailers out of the left lane on Michigan freeways
by Janelle D. James (Bridge Michigan) Michigan is one of several states considering legislation that would limit which lanes large trucks and tractor-trailers can travel in. A bill put forth by State Rep. William Bruck, R-Erie, would prohibit large trucks and tractor-trailers from using the far-left lane on freeways with three or more lanes. If one […]
As cleanup efforts target Michigan lakes, debate follows about who benefits
Theo Scheer, Capital News Service (for Bridge Magazine) LANSING — It’s taken over 30 years and $80 million to restore Muskegon Lake and a few nearby smaller bodies of water. Decades of pollution and rapid urbanization created ecological problems so severe that the lake was designated a “Great Lakes Area of Concern” by the U.S. […]
