Iconic Michigan songbird undergoes concerning population decline
by Clara Lincolnhol, Capital News Service One of Michigan’s most rare, iconic and celebrated bird species is the Kirtland’s warbler. Nearly extinct in the 1970s, decades-long, targeted conservation efforts helped their population rebound. In 2019, the bird was taken off the federal endangered species list, and a 2021 census reported a population of a little more than […]
Michigan health care woes: Insurers leaving, rates rising, subsidies in limbo
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 With less than two weeks until open enrollment starts, thousands of Michigan residents face a triple challenge. Not only are […]
Tiny Michigan town hopes to stop data center with ballot initiative
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. And was republished 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 […]
‘No Kings’ protests draw big crowds across Michigan
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 GLADWIN — Protesters gathered in large numbers throughout Michigan for the second nationwide “No Kings Day” events, increasingly large […]
Michigan’s bipartisan budget deal aims to ‘protect’ Medicaid. Here’s how
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 LANSING — Michigan officials are attempting to head off a multibillion-dollar loss in Medicaid funding as insurer and hospital […]
Michigan National Guard troops headed south to assist border patrol
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 Roughly 120 Michigan National Guard troops are being deployed to the US southern border amid a federal crackdown in illegal […]
Amid tariffs, a ‘burst of optimism’ for one Michigan manufacturer
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 For steel wire manufacturer Drew Greenblatt, business is booming — a recent upswing he says likely wouldn’t have happened without […]
Michigan launches first annual Microplastics Awareness Week
by Julia Belden (Capital News Service) Microplastics are everywhere: in our water, our food and even our bodies. At under 5mm in size – smaller than a pencil eraser – microplastics are a significant source of pollution in the Great Lakes, according to the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration. The growing problem inspired the Department […]
Whitefish crash has Michigan fishers on the brink: ‘It makes you want to cry’
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 For more than three decades, Great Lakes fisherman Richard Boda has kept a handwritten logbook of his time on the […]
Michigan Marijuana group sues to block new tax central to road funding deal
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 Just hours after a new 24% wholesale tax on marijuna was signed into law, a group representing Michigan’s cannabis […]
