Tiny Michigan town hopes to stop data center with ballot initiative
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‘No Kings’ protests draw big crowds 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 (https://bit.ly/BridgeMichiganNewsletter).” by Simon D. Schuster, Bridge Michigan GLADWIN — Protesters gathered in large numbers throughout Michigan for the second nationwide “No Kings Day” events, increasingly large […]
Michigan’s bipartisan budget deal aims to ‘protect’ Medicaid. Here’s how
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 — Michigan officials are attempting to head off a multibillion-dollar loss in Medicaid funding as insurer and hospital […]
Michigan National Guard troops headed south to assist border patrol
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 Roughly 120 Michigan National Guard troops are being deployed to the US southern border amid a federal crackdown in illegal […]
Amid tariffs, a ‘burst of optimism’ for one Michigan manufacturer
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 For steel wire manufacturer Drew Greenblatt, business is booming — a recent upswing he says likely wouldn’t have happened without […]
Michigan launches first annual Microplastics Awareness Week
by Julia Belden (Capital News Service) Microplastics are everywhere: in our water, our food and even our bodies. At under 5mm in size – smaller than a pencil eraser – microplastics are a significant source of pollution in the Great Lakes, according to the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration. The growing problem inspired the Department […]
Whitefish crash has Michigan fishers on the brink: ‘It makes you want to cry’
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 For more than three decades, Great Lakes fisherman Richard Boda has kept a handwritten logbook of his time on the […]
Michigan Marijuana group sues to block new tax central to road funding deal
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 Just hours after a new 24% wholesale tax on marijuna was signed into law, a group representing Michigan’s cannabis […]
Michigan students lag in reading. Will mandatory teacher training 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 Isobel Lohman (Bridge Michigan) First grade teacher Danielle Cover remembers when she learned about literacy during her university training. But it was years later […]
Michigan budget bans financial incentives to boost attendance on Count Day
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 Lori Higgins, (Chalkbeat Detroit for Bridge Michigan) The state budget Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed this week included transparency requirements — one would give parents […]
