On brink of SNAP crisis, Michigan sends $4.5M to food banks. Will more follow?
Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan (bridgemi.com), a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. To get regular coverage from Bridge Michigan, sign up for a free Bridge Michigan newsletter here (https://bit.ly/BridgeMichiganNewsletter).” by Simon D Schuster (Bridge Michigan) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday announced $4.5 million in funding for food banks and the state Senate advanced a […]
Out of reach: Where do Michigan’s trans youth go for care now?
Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan (bridgemi.com), a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. To get regular coverage from Bridge Michigan, sign up for a free Bridge Michigan newsletter here (https://bit.ly/BridgeMichiganNewsletter).” by Eli Newman, Bridge Michigan ANN ARBOR — After two of Michigan’s premier hospital systems decided to end gender-affirming care for minors, transgender and nonbinary […]
U-M study: 1 in 5 young adults using marijuana, alcohol to fall asleep
Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan (bridgemi.com), a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. To get regular coverage from Bridge Michigan, sign up for a free Bridge Michigan newsletter here (https://bit.ly/BridgeMichiganNewsletter).” by Jenelle D. James, Bridge Michigan Struggling to fall asleep, many young adults are reaching for marijuana or alcohol at bedtime, a University of Michigan […]
Consumers: Selling Michigan dams, paying double for power cheapest route
Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan (bridgemi.com), a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. To get regular coverage from Bridge Michigan, sign up for a free Bridge Michigan newsletter here (https://bit.ly/BridgeMichiganNewsletter).” by Kelly House, (Bridge Michigan) Consumers Energy plans to pay a premium price to buy back power from its 13 hydropower dams after selling them […]
Michigan lawmakers mull regulating kratom and ‘gas station heroin’ byproduct
Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan (bridgemi.com), a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. To get regular coverage from Bridge Michigan, sign up for a free Bridge Michigan newsletter here (https://bit.ly/BridgeMichiganNewsletter).” by Robin Erb, Bridge Michigan Michigan lawmakers Thursday debated possible restrictions of kratom, a product largely unregulated now in Michigan. The Michigan Kratom Consumer Protection […]
After long legal battle, Michigan toughens poop patrol at factory farms
Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan (bridgemi.com), a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. To get regular coverage from Bridge Michigan, sign up for a free Bridge Michigan newsletter here (https://bit.ly/BridgeMichiganNewsletter).” by Kelly House, Bridge Michigan More than five years after first announcing stricter controls on industrial farm pollution in Michigan, state environmental regulators will finally […]
Food assistance to ‘pause’ for 1.4M in Michigan due to federal shutdown
Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan (bridgemi.com), a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. To get regular coverage from Bridge Michigan, sign up for a free Bridge Michigan newsletter here (https://bit.ly/BridgeMichiganNewsletter).” by Lauren Gibbons & Eli Newman (Bridge Michigan) Food assistance for more than a million Michigan residents will “temporarily pause” starting in November if the […]
Michigan skywatchers turn eyes to Earth’s new ‘quasi moon’
Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan (bridgemi.com), a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. To get regular coverage from Bridge Michigan, sign up for a free Bridge Michigan newsletter here (https://bit.ly/BridgeMichiganNewsletter).” by Janelle D. James, Bridge Michigan A faint asteroid discovered in August has joined Earth’s orbiting neighborhood, traveling alongside our planet and behaving like […]
Michigan seeks to limit rest stop stays. Some fear ‘criminalizing homelessness’
Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan (bridgemi.com), a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. To get regular coverage from Bridge Michigan, sign up for a free Bridge Michigan newsletter here (https://bit.ly/BridgeMichiganNewsletter).” by Janelle D. James, Bridge Michigan The Michigan Department of Transportation is attempting to formalize rules that would limit camping, panhandling and long-term stays at […]
Whitmer pardons Hmong refugee facing deportation in ‘race against time’
Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan (bridgemi.com), a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. To get regular coverage from Bridge Michigan, sign up for a free Bridge Michigan newsletter here (https://bit.ly/BridgeMichiganNewsletter).” by Lauren Gibbons, Bridge Michigan A Hmong refugee detained by federal immigration officials in July over a decades-old criminal conviction was pardoned by Gov. Gretchen […]
