Data centers eyed in at least 10 Michigan towns. How might they change the state?
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) Michigan is diving headlong into the national debate about hyperscale data centers as tech companies race to ink deals for land with […]
Can Michigan ‘make rural America healthy again?’ Hospitals doubt it
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 At the tip of Michigan’s Thumb in Huron County, Dr. Ross Ramsey fears the state’s rural hospital system is “reaching […]
Citing threats, Michigan lawmakers race to grow police power, hide addresses
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 — Three weeks ago, state Rep. Angela Rigas woke up to the sound of protesters chanting outside her […]
Next Michigan superintendent vows to take ‘students first’ mission statewide
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 Michigan) Whenever he ventures around Dearborn, Superintendent Glenn Maleyko is known to bring along a sign proclaiming, in the district’s signature […]
Winter makes curved roads dangerous; researchers seek solutions
by Eric Freedman, Capital News Service Winter – skid season – is almost upon us, making curves slipperier and more dangerous. Now a new study done in Northern Michigan shows that flashing LED lights on signs near curves can successfully warn drivers to slow down during wintry conditions. Curves can be deadly. The state tallied […]
Report: Aging crisis to cause Michigan to lose out on economic boom
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 Paula Garner, Bridge Michigan After years of warnings that Michigan’s aging workforce would harm its economy, the state is poised to learn what that […]
Climate change is shrinking fish in Michigan lakes
by Kelly House, Bridge Michigan In addition to shorter ski seasons, worsening ticks and allergies and shrinking boreal forests, climate change has hit the Great Lakes State in another way: shrinking fish. That’s according to new research stemming from a massive crowdsourced effort to digitize decades-old scientific observations written on notecards by scientists with what’s […]
Michigan lawmakers OK ‘pork’ reform after scandals, investigations
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 — Legislators agreed to formally overhaul Michigan’s earmark process on Thursday, forcing lawmakers to publicly disclose proposed spending […]
Michigan defends new pot tax, arguing it doesn’t alter voter-approved law
by Jordyn Hermani, Bridge Michigan LANSING — Michigan’s new wholesale marijuana tax law does not alter “in any way” the 2018 ballot proposal voters approved to legalize recreational sales, according to state attorneys urging a judge to toss a lawsuit that seeks to block the tax. In early October, lawmakers gave final approval to a […]
Michigan autism group rallies to save key program after state slashes $2M
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 Koslowski (Bridge Michigan) A Michigan organization serving people with autism and their families is raising money and trying to relaunch a signature program […]
