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Snyder’s former budget chief points to Michigan’s way forward
A Q-and-A with John Nixon, Gov. Rick Snyder’s lauded budget guru before he left in 2014.
Take a trip through the Michigan Tax Time Machine (SLIDESHOW)
Michigan used to have plenty of jobs, high wages – and high taxes. Not so today. Travel briefly through time to see how what Michigan collects in taxes has shrunk over a generation – and why we now struggle to fund the basics.
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'The Intersection': ORDER TODAY
Click here to order your copy of our latest, book, "The Intersection." Fifty years after anger and frustration over police-community relations boiled over into a rebellion in Detroit, there are lots of people asking what we’ve learned, how we’ve changed.
News Bubble Swap
Would you like to participate in your own news source swap? Bridge Magazine will pair you with a participant with significantly different news sources, and we’ll publish some of the results.
Download a copy of "Fractured Trust: Lost faith in state government and how to restore it"
Download a PDF of the final report of The Center for Michigan's 2016 statewide public engagement campaign
Bridge reporting honored twice for Flint water crisis coverage
A timeline of the disaster so informative it was used in official investigations, and the exposure of the likely underreporting of deaths caused by Legionnaires’ disease, are lauded by two groups.
2016 Michigan Journalist of the Year joins Bridge
Joel Kurth has produced award-winning, game-changing enterprise and investigative reporting at publications across Michigan
Death to government mumbo jumbo
Lansing is experimenting with turning jargon-filled public documents into something resembling English.
Bridge staff writer wins WSU Spirit of Diversity award
Chastity Pratt Dawsey was honored for reporting on a variety of issues, including Flint and education in Detroit and Michigan.
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Back to back: Bridge earns “Newspaper of the Year” honors for 2nd straight year
Bridge Magazine earned “Newspaper of the Year” honors for the second straight year and won 19 total awards in the Michigan Press Association’s annual statewide journalism competition.
Bridge unveils new website design
We're excited to unveil our new website design, making it easier for readers to explore the site on mobile devices and discover new content.
About the project “Michigan Divided”
Bridge is following 11 Michigan people and families throughout 2017 to try to pierce the bubbles in which they, and the rest of us, live.
How Cabela’s captured its Michigan fantasy photos
The cult-like hunting and outdoors retailer chose idyllic settings across wintry Michigan for this year’s Christmas catalog. Here’s the story behind each one.
The best, worst and funniest U.S. political ads of this campaign season
From a weary wife to a peeing baby, 10 political ads that are worth watching more than once. Yes, even this year.
Miller gets flagrant foul for linking opponent to homicide
Candice Miller’s campaign has accomplished the seemingly impossible: Making a man accused of patronage and sexual harassment look like victim.