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 […]
Michigan tribes warn members about ICE stops: ‘Irony maybe is the word’
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 Native American tribes in Michigan are warning members to carry tribal and state identification on them at all times […]
Michigan prisoners make 12,000 license plates a day — and $1.31 per hour
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 In a factory in southeast Michigan, metal sheets move down a production line and are transformed into the kind […]
Michigan nears school cellphone ban. What to know.
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 Magazine) Michigan may soon limit students from using smartphones in traditional public and charter schools under a bill that passed the […]
Report: Michigan churns through teachers at unsustainable rate
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 Isabel Lohman (Bridge Magazine) Michigan teachers are leaving the field at an unsustainable rate, forcing an increased reliance on those with temporary or interim […]
