State News

 Sara Swanson

ICE presence rising at Michigan health care facilities, rights groups say

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.”  by Eli Newman, Bridge Michigan  Dr. Lauren Snyder, a family physician in west Michigan, has had to adjust to encountering ICE as part of her […]

 Marsha Chartrand

Q&A: Tariff uncertainty far from over for Michigan businesses

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.”  by Lauren Gibbons (Bridge Michigan) As the Trump administration reassesses tariffs struck down by the US Supreme Court and prepares a key review of a trade agreement […]

 Sara Swanson

‘No kings’ and ‘no war,’ Trump critics say at protests 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.”  by Simon D. Schuster, Bridge Michigan LANSING — Thousands of people gathered at the Michigan Capitol — and other sites across the state — on […]

 Marsha Chartrand

Bike, pedestrian path to be toll-free on Gordie Howe International Bridge

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.”  by Janelle D. James (Bridge Michigan) People walking or biking across the soon-to-open Gordie Howe International Bridge will be able to cross the border at no cost, […]

 Marsha Chartrand

Michigan prison art program helps inmates find voice — and hope

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.”  by Janelle D. James, Bridge Michigan ANN ARBOR — At first glance, the small colored drawing by Kushawn Miles El reads like a comic strip. […]

 Marsha Chartrand

A law meant to clean Michigan’s air now costs the state billions with little oversight

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.”  by Jena Brooker (Bridge Michigan Environment Watch) Over the last decade, Michigan municipalities have given more than a billion dollars in local tax breaks to […]

 Sara Swanson

Property owners say Michigan hasn’t kept up with contractor fraud

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.”  by Mardi Link, For the Northern Michigan Journalism Collaborative, Bridge Michigan BELLAIRE — Kelly Newell sat in the front row of an Antrim County courtroom, […]

 Sara Swanson

Jewish officials seek security funding, reforms after Michigan attack

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.”  by Jordyn Hermani, Bridge Michigan Jewish state officials on Monday said more security funding, better education and updates to anti-terrorism laws are needed to combat […]

 Sara Swanson

Michigan boosts bed capacity in ‘horribly underserved’ mental health system

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.”  by Eli Newman, Bridge Michigan Families, patients, providers and lawmakers have increasingly called attention to the state’s “lack of service” for thousands of residents in […]

 Marsha Chartrand

Senate mulls giving Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban the boot

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.”  by Jordyn Hermani (Bridge Michigan) Senate Democrats are pushing to repeal Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban, which remains on the books despite a 2015 US Supreme […]

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