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Michigan news: Bridge archive

TitleDateAuthor
Michigan’s 3rd-grade read-or-flunk law may expand to 4th grade next year Ron French
Michigan GOP seeks to cut funds to schools that teach critical race theoryKoby Levin, Chalkbeat
They were at the Capitol riot. Now, these Michigan Republicans want your voteJonathan Oosting
One year after George Floyd murder, lawmakers propose Michigan police reformsJonathan Oosting
Can $1 million prizes or free cars jumpstart Michigan COVID vaccine rates?Mike Wilkinson
Michigan streamlines MIOSHA workplace rules as COVID fades Paula Gardner
Austin Chenge faces eligibility issue in GOP bid for Michigan governorJonathan Oosting
Opinion: Legislature must help those injured in catastrophic auto accidentsJulie Rogers
Whitmer’s latest flap: breaking her own Michigan rules about indoor diningSergio Martínez-Beltrán
Meet Bridge Michigan’s interns for summer 2021Ron French
Back to school: Michigan free college tuition program attracts 70,000 Arjun Thakkar
Federal aid helps bring added $3.5 billion surplus to Michigan Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
More than 20,000 Michiganders have applied for federal rent aid since MarchNushrat Rahman
COVID vaccine effort goes door-to-door in Southwest DetroitMartina Guzmán
‘A really good day for business’ as Michigan acts to lift COVID limits Paula Gardner
Whitmer, Michigan GOP make peace, will negotiate billions in federal stimulusJonathan Oosting
An end in sight? Michigan experts say COVID finally ‘winding down’ Robin Erb
Questions, answers about Michigan’s changing COVID restrictions Mike Wilkinson, Jonathan Oosting
University of Michigan: We’ll spend billions to be ‘carbon neutral’ by 2040Arjun Thakkar
Watch Bridge’s Lunch Break discussion on Michigan redistricting processAmber DeLind, Kathryn Dugal
Gov. Whitmer pitches financial incentives to recruit more Michigan teachersRon French
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: All COVID restrictions to end in Michigan on July 1Jonathan Oosting, Mike Wilkinson, Paula Gardner
As Michigan eases COVID orders, businesses want to lift work rules too Paula Gardner
Michigan GOP would allow video of vote counts. Critics call that intimidation.Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
GOP targets no-ID ballots to cut fraud. Only 0.2% voted that way in Michigan.Jonathan Oosting
Albion becomes first Michigan college mandating vaccination for all studentsOlivia Tucker
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer poised to further ease Michigan COVID restrictions Mike Wilkinson
With funnel cakes and (some) masks, Michigan festivals lurch toward normalOlivia Tucker
From TikTok to school clinics, Michigan ramps up young teen vaccinationsArjun Thakkar
Michigan turns to New Orleans for new economic development CEOPaula Gardner
Michigan asked ex-teachers to return to school. In 3 weeks, 1,200 said yes.Ron French
Judge dismisses Antrim County lawsuit that fueled Trump voter conspiraciesJonathan Oosting
As masks lift, Whitmer faces pressure to speed easing of COVID limits Paula Gardner, Mike Wilkinson
Mask confusion: How Michigan navigated a weekend of new COVID orders Robin Erb
FBI: Neo-Nazi leader sought ‘white ethno-state’ in Michigan’s Upper PeninsulaJonathan Oosting
Opinion | Michigan Secretary of State changes make service more convenientJocelyn Benson
Detroit’s decade of growth has been separate and unequal, new study findsLouis Aguilar
Water wars: Should Michigan worry about water diverted from Great Lakes? Elena Bruess, Circle of Blue
Records: Shadow nonprofit paid for Whitmer’s Florida flight amid controversySergio Martínez-Beltrán, Jonathan Oosting, Mike Wilkinson
Michigan mask rule change: Many questions. Some answers. What to know.Jonathan Oosting, Mike Wilkinson
Opinion | Metro Detroit seniors need more home health careHorace Sheffield
Mask mandate over for vaccinated in Michigan. Confusion for everyone else?Jonathan Oosting, Mike Wilkinson
Michigan rethinks target shooting in game areas amid hail of AR-15 fire Kelly House
$1 million lotteries and baseball for COVID shots? Not in MichiganMike Wilkinson, Ron French
America reopening: Fully-vaccinated don’t need masks now, says CDCOlivia Tucker
$1.5B for Michigan child care in limbo as GOP plays hardball with WhitmerJonathan Oosting
Federal help may be on the way for Detroit’s budding weed industryOlivia Lewis
Boarding a freighter in the Soo Locks to deliver 5 doses of COVID vaccine Robin Erb
Michigan GOP proposes one day for early voting. Other states offer weeks.Jonathan Oosting
Gov. Whitmer says Florida trip wasn’t ‘gift,’ stays mum on who paid for planeSergio Martínez-Beltrán