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Monserrat Velazquez: She canceled her flight to Mexico when DACA was announced
Meet Monserrat Velazquez, one of more than 6,000 Michigan "dreamers."
Juan Palacios: ‘We are not stealing these jobs’
Meet Juan Palacios, one of more than 6,000 Michigan "dreamers."
Juan Paulos Palacios: Whatever happens, he’s grateful for time in USA
Meet Juan Paulos Palacios, one of more than 6,000 Michigan "dreamers."
Michigan's dreamers: Denis Martinez: ‘Sometimes, I feel like America doesn’t want me.’
Meet Denis Martinez, one of more than 6,000 Michigan "dreamers."
Michigan ‘Dreamers’ feel whipsawed by Trump’s waffling on DACA (slideshow)
The stories of young immigrants in one Michigan community
Small-town Michigan high schools dump traditional football
Rural Michigan high schools are turning to eight-player teams, as thousands of young athletes across Michigan reject the troubled sport.
Mastodon teeth and iron lungs? Just another day at this Grand Rapids school (slideshow)
The Grand Rapids Public Museum School’s innovative approach to interactive learning was recognized with a $10 million innovation grant from Steve Jobs’ widow.
Michigan apologizes for screwing residents. Then fights like hell.
Whether it’s false fraud charges, poisoned water or abused prisoners, state government too often is not here to help.
Now what? A familiar fear when disabled children turn 26.
The murder-suicide of a respected educator and his son serves as a rallying cry to some about the stresses that begin when special education ends.
With fewer farmhands, Michigan farmers more willing to buy worker visas
What a difference a Trump Administration makes. Undocumented farm workers are down. And nearly 6,000 agricultural visas have been approved for Michigan farmers this year – 10 times more than 2013.
In Michigan: Who wins, who loses if GOP efforts slay Obamacare
Find out what pacemakers, tanning salons and buff young people have in common.
Lansing Republicans drop the mantle of ‘local control’
The party of small government has unleashed a barrage of bills that forbid Michigan cities and towns from crafting their own policies relating to zoning, law enforcement, cigarette sales and the environment.
With little help from Lansing, schools raise money from local taxpayers
Cash-strapped intermediate school districts are tapping a little-used regional tax option, with two successful campaigns in recent months. Other regions are likely to copy the strategy.
Win some, lose some: Getting local voters to pay more for schools
Voters have said “yes” to two recent regional tax increases for schools. They sent others to resounding defeat
This law promised medical hope for dying patients. Was it a cruel deception?
Michigan’s Right-to-Try law offers terminally ill patients quicker access to experimental drugs. More than two years later, not a single patient appears to have been helped. A Bridge Magazine investigation explains why.
A Republican governor. A Republican legislature. Each ignoring the other.
Two commissions convened by Gov. Rick Snyder recommend dramatic upgrades to Michigan education and infrastructure. But the Republicans who lead the House and Senate want to shrink government, not expand it. Can anyone get them to consensus?
Cut taxes vs public investment: What Michigan’s fiscal tug of war means to you
Lawmakers want a tax cut. The governor wants billions more for schools, roads and water safety. Are we taxed too little or too much? We explain what it all means to you – in 11 bite-sized reports.
