Online betting increases Michigan revenue — and gambling addiction
by Ron French (Bridge Michigan) Casino-game and sports betting available on the phones of Michigan residents has been a huge winner for state revenues, with Michigan last year rising to first place nationwide for online gaming, but it’s also led to an explosion in problem gambling. Calls to a state gambling helpline have more than tripled […]
What Donald Trump’s ‘mass deportations’ may mean for Michigan immigrants
by Bryce Huffman & Nushrat Rahman, Bridge Detroit (Bridge Michigan) An early promise for Donald Trump’s second term as president is swift mass deportations once he takes office, a threat Detroit City Council Member Gabriela Santiago-Romero said “is real to many of us.” The Mexican immigrant is working to protect the interests of the Southwest Detroit communities […]
GM layoffs in Michigan an ‘unmistakable sign the auto industry is slowing’
by Paula Gardner (Bridge Magazine) Another round of layoffs from Michigan-based automakers came Friday when General Motors announced cuts to its salaried workforce in Warren. The automaker said it will trim 1,000 global jobs, with the bulk to come from the GM Global Tech Center in Michigan’s third largest city. Some of the jobs also will […]
Michigan offering free birth control pills, condoms at over 300 locations
Editor’s note: Washtenaw County Health Department (WCHD) can help with birth control and emergency contraception. Call 734-544-6700 or email health@washtenaw.org. Birth control can help prevent unplanned pregnancies, manage medical conditions like PCOS and endometriosis, make periods less painful, and more. WCHD also offers free condoms and lube at their office at 555 Towner in Ypsilanti […]
Has Michigan governor race begun? Duggan spurs speculation. Here’s who might run
by Simon D. Schuster (Bridge Michigan) With the dust barely settled on the 2024 election, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced Wednesday he won’t run for a fourth term in 2025, accelerating speculation about a possible 2026 gubernatorial run. Duggan is just one in a long list of candidates already positioning themselves for potential runs to […]
Give an organ, get a $10,000 Michigan tax credit
by Janelle D. James (Bridge Michigan) Live organ donors in Michigan can get a tax credit of as much as $10,000 starting next year to reimburse them for expenses related to the procedure. The credit is for costs such as child care, transportation and lodging, as well as lost wages. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed House Bill 4361 into […]
What a Donald Trump presidency means for Michigan’s environment
by Kelly House (Bridge Michigan) Former President Donald Trump’s return to the White House is expected to cause a dramatic shift in federal environmental policy with significant implications for Michigan. The former and now future president, a climate denier who spent his first term in office rolling back environmental rules, is expected to quickly reverse President Joe […]
A warning for Michigan drivers: It’s peak season for deer-car collisions
by Janelle D. James (Bridge Michigan) It’s mating season for deer, and the likelihood of catching a deer in headlights — and crashing into it — is the highest it’s been all year. October and November is peak breeding, or rut, time for the animals. “We’ve got a lot of deer that are moving around […]
Amid Upper Peninsula mining rush, tribe is still living with past pollution
by Kelly House (Bridge Michigan) After years of uncertainty, Dione Price hopes her community may win a long battle to clean up century-old mining waste. Years of advocacy by partners including the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, where Price is environmental health manager for the tribal government, have resulted in a new plan to clean up […]
A UP community may lose EMS service in state prison payment dispute
by Ron French (Bridge Michigan) A slice of the Upper Peninsula may be without ambulance service by the end of the year if the state doesn’t pony up funds the service says it’s owed for emergency services to Kinross Correctional Facility. Kinross EMS has already cut the number of two-person ambulance crews available to cover […]
