‘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 […]
Michigan ‘a pretty sick state’ amid surge of ‘super flu,’ COVID cases
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 Peak flu season may be worse than usual this year, driven in part by a potent new strain of influenza. […]
Before road funding deal, road builder money flowed to Michigan lawmakers
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 — Less than two months before Michigan lawmakers finalized a historic deal to pump as much as $2 […]
Michigan EV fees spike under road funding deal, now nation’s highest
by Kelly House and Jordyn Hermani, Bridge Michigan LANSING — Michigan’s roughly 122,000 electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle owners are in for some sticker shock the next time they renew their plates. Their annual vehicle registration fees have skyrocketed to the nation’s highest in 2026, the result of a road funding package passed last fall […]
Michigan House GOP sues to try to block $645M restored after Nessel opinion
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 The Republican-led Michigan House on Friday sued 16 state departments along with a slew of senior officials to try […]
