Five reasons health insurance rates are rising so much in Michigan
by Eli Newman, Bridge Michigan Michael Steinberg is “petrified” about finding coverage on the individual Affordable Care Act marketplace, where Michigan’s insurers have raised rates more than 20% on average for 2026. The 62-year-old criminal defense attorney lives in West Bloomfield and needs insurance to cover medication for diabetes and high blood pressure and related […]
As Lansing mulls change, Michigan schools face uphill fight against absenteeism
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 and Ron French, Bridge Michigan Lawrence Public Schools Superintendent Ryan Williamson isn’t waiting for Michigan lawmakers to solve the attendance crisis. In […]
Great Lakes books for your holiday gift list
by Eric Freedman, Capital News Service Looking for a holiday gift for a reader who loves the Great Lakes?Here are five prospects to consider – and what our reporters learned from interviewing their authors this year:When you think about the culture of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, pasties, fishing, hunting and deep, deep snow immediately come to […]
Migrant farm work has boomed in Michigan. The feds just cut workers’ pay
by Claire Keenan-Kurgan, IPR, Bridge Michigan CEDAR — Every year for the past 10 years, Jose Abel has traveled more than 2,000 miles from the region of Durango in Mexico to northwest Michigan to tend to the grapes at the region’s famed vineyards. The money the 29-year-old earns during the nine months he spends in […]
On brink of SNAP crisis, Michigan sends $4.5M to food banks. Will more follow?
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) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday announced $4.5 million in funding for food banks and the state Senate advanced a […]
Out of reach: Where do Michigan’s trans youth go for care now?
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 ANN ARBOR — After two of Michigan’s premier hospital systems decided to end gender-affirming care for minors, transgender and nonbinary […]
U-M study: 1 in 5 young adults using marijuana, alcohol to fall asleep
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 Jenelle D. James, Bridge Michigan Struggling to fall asleep, many young adults are reaching for marijuana or alcohol at bedtime, a University of Michigan […]
Consumers: Selling Michigan dams, paying double for power cheapest route
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) Consumers Energy plans to pay a premium price to buy back power from its 13 hydropower dams after selling them […]
Michigan lawmakers mull regulating kratom and ‘gas station heroin’ byproduct
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 Michigan lawmakers Thursday debated possible restrictions of kratom, a product largely unregulated now in Michigan. The Michigan Kratom Consumer Protection […]
After long legal battle, Michigan toughens poop patrol at factory farms
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 More than five years after first announcing stricter controls on industrial farm pollution in Michigan, state environmental regulators will finally […]
