Students take the online test during their junior year. The results are considered an indicator of college readiness.
How many students are ‘college ready’ in your district? Look up SAT scores
Posted inTalent & Education
Just 1 in 4 Michigan juniors are ‘college ready,’ SAT scores indicate
Only one fourth of high school juniors in Michigan are college ready, as determined by the SAT. But leaders say that metric can be misleading.
Posted inOutdoors Life
It’s chipmunk season, Michigan. The cute critters are causing trouble once again
As weather cools, reports are increasing of the small mammals getting into homes and cars. Here’s how to deal with the adorable nuisance.
Posted inNews Quiz
Bridge Michigan News Quiz, Oct. 2: Autumn wonder
No doubt about it, it’s fall in Michigan, and that brings wild and weird news. Have you paid attention?
Posted inMichigan Government
Trump PAC helps drive Michigan Senate race toward record spending
More than $205 million has poured into Michigan’s US Senate race. General election spending has favored Republican Mike Rogers
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Long-awaited dam safety reforms move closer to law after Michigan Senate vote
Thursday’s vote is a watershed moment in the years-long effort to strengthen Michigan’s dam safety standards, which are among the nation’s weakest.
Posted inMichigan Government
Doug Lloyd blasts Eli Savit’s ‘dangerous’ sex work policy in Michigan AG race
Democratic attorney general candidate Eli Savit decriminalized consensual sex work as Washtenaw County prosecutor. That was ‘foolish and dangerous,’ Republican rival Doug Lloyd argued Thursday.
Posted inMichigan Government, Talent & Education
Where former foster youth in Michigan can get postsecondary aid, training
Michigan provides some education and training resources for former foster youth seeking postsecondary degree or self sufficiency.
Posted inMichigan Government, Talent & Education
Michigan foster kids struggle under system that gives ‘nothing’ after aging out
A growing chorus of lawmakers and advocates say Michigan is not doing nearly enough to help the state’s roughly 9,000 foster children after they leave the system. Other states are trying to do it better.
Posted inEvents
Bridge Listens Issues Watch recap: The challenges rural governments face
From a lack of people stepping up to fill elected and staff positions to a lack of funds to repair aging infrastructure, rural local governments sometimes struggle to do the business of government.