Modernizing the payment system will not reverse every hospital closure or immediately resolve every workforce shortage. But it would address a financial pressure that is making it harder to sustain emergency-response capacity across Michigan.
Opinion | Michigan ambulance services are stretched thin. RESCUE Act offers lifeline
Posted inQuality of Life
What’s all the buzz about yellowjackets this fall in Michigan?
Yellowjacket populations are unusually large this year in Michigan. Experts say they’re bothering people more because they’re hungry.
Posted inMichigan Government
Fact check: What Jocelyn Benson really said about Trump’s tax bill
GOP attack ads claim Jocelyn Benson supported a ‘massive’ tax hike on working families. She said she opposed Medicaid and food stamp cuts. Here are the facts.
Posted inNews Quiz
Bridge Michigan News Quiz, Oct. 9: Pumpkin-spiced trivia
It’s been another busy week in Michigan. Can you answer these 10 questions about the week in politics, sports and life?
Posted inMichigan Government
Fact check: Gilchrist, Forlini spar over election denialism in SOS debate
Secretary of state nominees Garlin Gilchrist and Anthony Forlini argued whether a software engineer or county clerk would be best positioned to run the Michigan Department of State.
Posted inMichigan Government
Fact check: Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers debate Trump, tariffs, war, more
Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers traded blows in a bruising US Senate debate. Here are the facts.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Michigan should enforce, not erase protections for students with disabilities
The department’s decision not to use a safeguard should not become the rationale for erasing it.
Posted inMichigan Government, Talent & Education
Despair over future fuels political anxiety for Michigan college students
Many young people feel uncertain about their paths and pessimistic about American government. Their anxiety is fueling restlessness in national politics that has contributed to the rise of outsider candidates.
Posted inMichigan Government
A top Michigan clerk is quitting. She can’t take the voting lies anymore
This year, Sue Hartman was singled out by peers for excellence. But the Republican clerk says trying to convince her mostly Republican neighbors that elections are fair has taken its toll.
Posted inMichigan Government
Full video: Abdul El-Sayed, Mike Rogers debate in Michigan US Senate race
Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers debated for the first time Michigan’s fiercely contested US Senate race. Watch it here.