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Michigan news: Bridge archive

TitleDateAuthor
Can Detroit return its brownfields to the indigenous sacred sites they once were?Anna West, YES! Magazine
Opinion | My grandfather’s grave is off limits – one soldier’s storyPhillip Robinson
Check this Michigan map for childhood lead levels in your community Kelly House
Why are so many Michigan water systems finding lead? They're looking harderKelly House
Michigan House votes to bar Airbnb bansJonathan Oosting
COVID vaccine for 825,000 Michigan children nearer to federal approval Robin Erb
Michigan Senate OKs longshot bills to stop student COVID mandates Tracie Mauriello, Chalkbeat Detroit
GOP, Democrats agree: Time to end Michigan’s $7 million tampon taxJonathan Oosting
Opinion | Michigan lawmakers need to leave medical marijuana caregivers aloneKrista Beller, Tom Beller
Michigan private insurers no longer waiving costs for COVID treatment Robin Erb
Whitmer blows past donor limits, raises more than 9 GOP candidates combinedJonathan Oosting
Thousands of Michigan firms face Dec. 8 COVID vaccine mandate deadlinePaula Gardner
Federal authorities to weigh COVID vaccine for children 5 to 11 Tuesday Robin Erb
Opinion | Teacher shortages hobble Michigan schools. Here’s how to fix itMichael Rice
Michigan’s embattled unemployment agency gets third director in 11 monthsJonathan Oosting
Michigan governments sit on $11B from stimulus, as needs grow every dayJonathan Oosting
They disagreed, but both caught hell. Welcome to Michigan’s mask mandate warsRon French
Where to get COVID vaccine boosters in Michigan Robin Erb
370 Beaumont workers suspended for refusing COVID vaccines. 70 more quit.Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press
Michigan GOP pushes for $500 million private school voucher programTracie Mauriello
‘What changed?’ Lawmakers press Whitmer admin on Benton Harbor’s waterKelly House, Jalen Williams
Facing backlash, Michigan redistricting commissioners may adjust maps Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
FDA okays all COVID vaccine boosters and mix-and-match strategy Robin Erb
Detroiters implore redistricting panel to ‘do the right thing’ and change mapsSergio Martínez-Beltrán
Michigan GOP Secretary of State candidate to speak at QAnon conferenceJonathan Oosting
In booming Grand Rapids, many Black residents left out of city’s comebackTed Roelofs
Opinion | Michigan must stop sitting on billions in federal reliefHilary Doe, Bryce Liedtke
Black teacher workforce declined sharply as Michigan students left city districts — studyKoby Levin, Chalkbeat
Custer and other Michigan historical markers may get a history update Kelly House
Michigan’s redistricting group’s maps harm Black voters, research findsSergio Martínez-Beltrán
Opinion | Ending gerrymandering in Michigan requires more changes to mapsChris Andrews
Michigan Legislature launches probe into Benton Harbor water crisisKelly House
Michigan business leaders ask President Biden to reconsider vaccine mandatePaula Gardner
Few third-graders held back by Michigan’s read-or-flunk law, report findsRon French, Tracie Mauriello
Michigan’s balmy October means more mosquitos, peril for coldwater fish Kelly House
COVID vaccine boosters: When, where and how to get them in Michigan Robin Erb
As Michigan lawmakers ponder septic repair funds, Ohio offers a modelKelly House
Michigan redistricting panel’s maps spark racial backlash, fairness questionsSergio Martínez-Beltrán
Michigan schools would decide on opening before Labor Day under House bill Tracie Mauriello, Chalkbeat Detroit
Michigan Gov. Whitmer may have to return or donate millions in contributionsJonathan Oosting
Michigan GOP approves election reforms. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s veto is next.Jonathan Oosting
Bridge Michigan is accepting applications for summer 2022 internshipsBridge Staff
Lawmaker: ‘We’re going to fix’ Michigan’s broken public records request lawJonathan Oosting
Opinion | We must ensure Michigan schools provide safe drinking waterRebecca Lazarus
Opinion | Why closing Palisades nuclear plant is like sinking the lifeboatsTodd Allen
Michigan announces 18-month goal to remove Benton Harbor lead water lines Kelly House
After 18 months: Welcome back, Canada, if you’re vaccinatedTed Roelofs
Who’s at door? It may be Trump loyalists, hunting for Michigan ‘ghost voters’ Jonathan Oosting
Michigan ER patients left on stretchers, then recliners, in swamped wards Kate Wells, Michigan Radio
Michigan college COVID outbreaks plummet as students vaccinate and mask up Ron French, Mike Wilkinson