Michigan license plate cameras face backlash: Big help, or Big Brother?
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) In more than 125 cities and counties across Michigan, nondescript cameras perched near busy roadways snap a picture every time […]
Michigan sees record cougar reports in 2025
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 Laura Herberg (Bridge Magazine) Cougars were detected 31 times in Michigan in 2025, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. That’s the highest […]
Michigan spent $1.1M probing tribal boarding schools, then buried the results
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 Ron French, Bridge Michigan Michigan spent three years and $1.1 million to study the state’s Native American boarding schools, then refused to release the […]
Michigan 2026 elections: Dates, deadlines and a key special election
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 special election for an open seat in Michigan’s 35th Senate District will kick off the state’s 2026 election cycle, giving […]
Michigan churches step up amid affordable housing crisis, need Lansing’s help
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 Justin A. Hinkley, Bridge Michigan Pastor Monique French envisions a thriving neighborhood where residents build wealth through homeownership and reinvest that wealth in their […]
Planned Parenthood offers vasectomies in Michigan as abortion access drops
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 Citing an increased demand for “permanent birth control” since the US Supreme Court overturned abortion access across the country, Planned […]
Five universities collaborate to address Michigan teacher shortage
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 Kim Kozlowski (Bridge Michigan) Five public universities in Michigan are teaming up to tackle the state’s teacher shortage. The universities will participate in a […]
Armadillos in Michigan? Officials aren’t sure but mull killing season
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 Laura Herberg, Bridge Michigan Michigan officials say they need to get ahead of a problem they’re not even sure they have: armadillos. The only […]
‘Tough decisions’ coming as Michigan faces $1 billion budget hole
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 Jordyn Hermani, Bridge Michigan LANSING — Michigan lawmakers are expected to have more than $1 billion less to work with as they build budgets […]
PFAS levels are declining in Great Lakes fish, new research shows
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 In the years since Michigan’s PFAS crisis became public knowledge, widespread contamination has prompted a growing list of “do not […]
