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Michigan news: Bridge archive

TitleDateAuthor
Could Texas ruling impact health-screening coverage in Michigan?Robin Erb
Bridge’s October book club selection is ‘What the Eyes Don’t See’Amber DeLind
Danger looms where toxic algae bloomsKeith Schneider, Circle of Blue
Muskegon prosecutor to consider charges in DePerno tabulator tampering caseJonathan Oosting
Opinion | It’s time — past time — to focus on mental health in Michigan schoolsPatrick O'Connor
Michigan’s existing abortion ban is unconstitutional, judge rulesLauren Gibbons
With fewer inmates (and officers), Michigan closes another prisonRon French
Meet the judge keeping abortion legal in Michigan (for now)Ron French
Eastern Michigan University sues faculty union over strike Isabel Lohman
Proposed changes to term limits officially headed to Michigan ballotLauren Gibbons
Join Bridge Lunch Break about Michigan’s teacher staffing issues and solutionsAmber DeLind, Josiah Foster
Eastern Michigan faculty strike disrupts second week of classesIsabel Lohman
Opinion | What is Michigan’s Legislature doing to prevent another Oxford?Casandra Ulbrich, Michael Rice
Opinion | Public Service Commission should halt the undermining solar energyJohn Richter
Study: Michigan program for troubled schools helped mitigate COVID impactTracie Mauriello
Future of Michigan 1931 abortion law may hinge on when words become gibberish Yue Stella Yu
Redesigned COVID boosters arrive in Michigan. Here’s what you need to knowRobin Erb
Tudor Dixon touts work at Michigan Steel. Foundry struggled to pay bills.Jonathan Oosting
In Northern Michigan, bison are teaching a lesson in sustainabilityLily Guiney/Great Lakes Echo
Grand Rapids avoids office vacancy worries plaguing other Michigan citiesPaula Gardner
Long shifts, low pay, high stress: Why Michigan can’t find 911 dispatchersTed Roelofs
Heart disease exposes disparities, so medicine goes mobile in DetroitRobin Erb
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has 28-1 cash edge over Tudor Dixon, reports showYue Stella Yu
Michigan school M-STEP scores down sharply from pre-pandemic testingKoby Levin, Chalkbeat, Isabel Lohman, Tracie Mauriello
735K signed abortion-rights petition. How word spaces may keep it off ballotJonathan Oosting, Yue Stella Yu
Attempt to sell northern Michigan voting equipment under investigationLauren Gibbons
Michigan’s 3rd-grade reading scores show the cost of remote COVID learningTracie Mauriello
Math, reading scores plummet on national test, erasing 20 years of progressKalyn Belsha, Chalkbeat
Detroiters object to DTE rate increase as many reel from power outagesNushrat Rahman
House GOP leader: Michigan to ‘determine the outcome’ of Congress Lauren Gibbons
Records: Sheriff aimed to seize local voting machines amid Michigan probeJonathan Oosting
Critical race theory flap makes teachers tiptoe on slavery, racism topicsIsabel Lohman
Michigan’s child care crisis is worse than policymakers have estimatedLuca Powell, Derek Kravitz, Muckrock
Fast-tracked new COVID boosters could be bound for Michigan by next weekRobin Erb
Michigan abortion, early-voting measures off ballot for now. Court fight next.Yue Stella Yu
Join Bridge and Circle of Blue to discuss Great Lakes, algae bloomsRebecca Fedewa
Michigan to deepen Native American history in social studies standardsTracie Mauriello
Michigan’s residential real estate market cooling after record extremesPaula Gardner
Term limits backers broke Michigan campaign finance law, complaint claimsYue Stella Yu
Long COVID patients, dismissed by doctors, turn to art to show their pain Robin Erb
Sheriff Dar Leaf loses legal fight over Michigan 2020 election probeJonathan Oosting
Where Michigan school districts stand on 2022-23 COVID protocolsGrace Tucker, Chalkbeat Detroit
Romance author Nora Roberts helps save MI library defunded over LGBTQ booksRon French
Dixon, Hernandez ticket prevails in contentious Michigan GOP conventionJonathan Oosting
After student loan relief, here are 4 more ways to cut Michigan college debtRon French
Michigan abortion ballot proposal: Effect on parent consent, other laws murkyYue Stella Yu
Arrest of Lena Epstein, U-M regent candidate, revealed in court battleJonathan Oosting
Michigan invests $5M to turn 3 properties into 'build-ready' mega sitesPaula Gardner
Opinion | Legislators would learn a lot by visiting Michigan prisonsJoe Haveman
Court: Past crash survivors not subject to Michigan auto no-fault limitsLauren Gibbons, Robin Erb