Report: A quarter of Michigan roads are poor, will worsen without more funding
by Yue Stella Yu (Bridge Michigan) LANSING — Michigan roads will continue to erode and cost taxpayers $25 billion per year by 2031 if lawmakers don’t commit to more money for upkeep, according to a national transportation report released Thursday. Conducted by Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit research group TRIP, the report evaluates Michigan’s current road and bridge conditions and predicts […]
Manchester to Manchester: The High School band visits England
Saturday March 26, when many Manchester High School students were relaxing on their first day of spring break, forty-one High School band members and chaperones were headed to the Detroit airport to catch a flight for England with destinations including London and Manchester, UK! Planning for the eight-day trip began in September 2019, although initially […]
MCS literacy team support state dyslexia bill
Manchester Community Schools has faced many challenges this year and often that overshadowed some amazing work happening behind the scenes like Manchester Community Schools’ Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) for Reading they’ve been building for K-6th graders. Not just of local significance, a MCS literacy team has now met with Manchester’s State Senator, Lana Theis […]
Seed library restocked!
It is seed library time! Since 2014 the Manchester District Library (MDL) has hosted the Manchester Seed Library, which serves as a location for community members to come pick out and take home free seeds. After being packed away for the cold, winter months, it is once again set up for self-service in the vestibule […]
Manchester voices talk about rural/urban divide at WCDP meeting
submitted by Washtenaw County Democratic Party Washtenaw County Democratic Party (WCDP) members and guests discussed what urban Democrats in Washtenaw County need to learn about their rural neighbors. After decades of working in Washtenaw County, WCDP says they’re still missing the boat on outreach to rural candidates and rural voters. Guest speaker Barb Fuller, chair […]
Letter to the editor: Debbie Dingell is not her husband, 69 is not too old to serve
April 7, 2022 In his letter to the Mirror of April 4, Mr. Donald Vescoso argued that, because redistricting has awarded us Debbie Dingell, who is a member of a long-serving family, as our new Congressional representative, we need “new blood and ideas’” in our congressional candidates. I share with Mr. Vescoso some discomfiture with […]
Letter to the editor: In support of Debbie Dingell
April 8, 2022 Response to Donald Vescoso’s Letter to the editor: We need new blood and ideas in our congressional candidates I have followed your letters to the editor for quite a number of years. I feel that I must respond to you this time. For years you have railed against Democratic candidates, especially female […]
U-M, MSU thrive while Michigan regional universities scramble for students
by Isabel Lohman, Mike Wilkinson (Bridge Michigan) For Michigan public universities, state demographic trends have been a ticking time bomb: Fewer students are graduating from high school each year, and a smaller percentage of those who do are heading to college. But the pain is not universal. Enrollment at 12 of the state’s 15 public universities […]
One way to address student mental health in Michigan? Bring the clinic to school.
by Koby Levin, Chalkbeat (Bridge Michigan) Many Michigan school administrators say they’ve often served as stand-in public health officials during the pandemic. So it’s no surprise that districts across the state are eager to get some backup from a program that opens clinics in school buildings. School-based health centers make it convenient for students to leave class […]
With Roe in doubt, Gretchen Whitmer moves to protect abortion in Michigan
by Robin Erb and Yue Stella Yu (Bridge Michigan ) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer asked the Michigan Supreme Court Thursday to reaffirm a woman’s right to an abortion under the state constitution — a preemptive move to address the possible downfall of federal abortion protections this year. Since the U.S. Supreme Court issued the landmark Roe v. […]
