The Trump administration cut a combined $4.5 million in criminal justice grant funding for Michigan-based organizations as part of a broad cost-cutting effort. Advocates say the move could cost lives. Local law enforcement groups say it’s too early to tell.
In a predominantly white university in one of Michigan’s whitest regions, a declaration against racism prompts two white professors to claim they’re the real victims. Critics say the ongoing debate is exposing hard truths.
Bridge Michigan health reporter Robin Erb will moderate a Zoom discussion on Feb. 25 with State of Michigan Chief Medical Executive Joneigh Khaldun and Ingham County Health Officer Linda Vail on COVID vaccines
GVSU is following some Michigan universities by offering savings to students in six Michigan counties. The program covers tuition and class fees, but not other attendance expenses that can still prove steep for some families.
Michigan residents have high hopes for a newly created panel charged with redrawing political boundaries called some of the most gerrymandered in the nation.
Republicans want recipients of the coronavirus vaccines to know if they were developed using fetal cells. The two main vaccines weren’t. Even so, officials say ‘informed consent’ would create unnecessary confusion.
Ice fishers carrying spears converged on Black Lake Saturday for what amounted to a two-hour fishing season. It’s part of a creative recovery effort that’s helping to bring the state’s sturgeon population back from the brink.
Real estate magnate Ron Weiser takes over a party rift with divisions following President Trump’s loss and failed effort to overturn the election. Weiser is an establishment Republican, but other party officials elected Saturday are Trump loyalists.
Michigan is getting older, and there aren’t enough workers to care for seniors and those with disabilities. The coronavirus pandemic has worsened the situation, as few are willing to risk their health for menial pay.
Home health agencies are becoming creative to maintain health workers. Michigan agencies are boosting pay, while a New York City cooperative owned by workers could provide a model to a crisis that is deepening.
Oakland County, Detroit and other communities classify elected officials as frontline workers,’ sparking a debate over equity as thousands of seniors still can’t get innoculated.
As the state’s Republican-run Legislature tries again to rein in the Whitmer administration’s pandemic authority, the governor said that encouraging trends in efforts to contain COVID-19 will allow even indoor sports to resume — with some cautions.
As Michigan Republicans seek to regroup, the current state chair is accusing her presumed successor of a $200,000 payoff and seeking to block his election at this weekend’s state convention.