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Six paths to a freer Michigan	August 8, 2014	Greg McNeilly
Oil lease proposed under 400-year-old virgin pines	August 7, 2014	Ron French
How to comment on possible oil drilling under Hartwick Pines State Park	August 7, 2014	Ron French
Free speech goes begging in Grand Rapids	August 7, 2014	Ted Roelofs
A day on the streets with a young panhandler	August 7, 2014	Ted Roelofs
Down and out in Lake County	August 5, 2014	Pat Shellenbarger
Living poor, in a county of wealth	August 5, 2014	Pat Shellenbarger
Forty years later, appreciating President Ford’s leadership	August 5, 2014	Patrick McLean
Michigan primaries – where democracy goes to die	August 4, 2014	Ron French
See how YOUR county (doesn’t) vote	August 4, 2014	Mike Wilkinson
The three worst political ads of 2014	August 4, 2014	David Zeman
In praise of place: A small town isn’t a backwater, and Holland is a marvel	August 1, 2014	Jeffrey Polet
A toast to those with the courage to say ‘vote for me’	August 1, 2014	David Worthams
Even with no opposition, is Proposal 1 in trouble?	July 31, 2014	Ron French
A Republican civil war plays out in Michigan	July 31, 2014	Ted Roelofs
A primer for a primary with national themes	July 31, 2014	Ted Roelofs
Feeding children’s brains from birth	July 31, 2014	Jane Zehnder-Merrell
Detroit fire union drops 50-year battle to keep seniority-only promotions	July 29, 2014	Bill McGraw
Obamacare giveth, but courts could taketh away	July 29, 2014	Chastity Pratt
Michigan could lead on making voting easier, but no movement in Lansing	July 29, 2014	Jim Ananich
Anti-panhandling ordinances should offend our moral conscience	July 25, 2014	Gabriel S. Sanchez
How about a cease-fire for Michigan pyrotechnics?	July 25, 2014	Aaron Foley
Visit a few gems on the sunset side before summer sets	July 25, 2014	Conor Dugan
Can Detroit pay its bills after bankruptcy?	July 24, 2014	Mike Wilkinson
Giving Detroiters a tax break	July 24, 2014	Mike Wilkinson
Detroit taxes friendlier to businesses than to residents	July 24, 2014	Mike Wilkinson
Michigan beginning to lure venture capitalists	July 24, 2014	Paula Sorrell
Duggan donor database: Big-time, Super PAC money comes to Motown	July 22, 2014	Sandra Svoboda
New private Duggan fund to support 'Detroit’s agenda'	July 22, 2014	Sandra Svoboda, Mike Wilkinson
Getting tough, and smart, on crime in Michigan	July 22, 2014	Grover Norquist
Q&A: Home is what you make it	July 22, 2014	Chastity Pratt
A law for what should go without saying: Don’t leave kids in cars	July 18, 2014	John Schneider
An election cycle conjures the ghost of Curly Howard	July 18, 2014	Rich Robinson
The five-year four-year degree	July 17, 2014	Kyle Kaminski
Paying students to graduate	July 17, 2014	Ron French
Dude, where’s my advisor?	July 17, 2014	Kyle Kaminski, Kurt Nagl
Where can Johnny get his diploma the fastest?	July 17, 2014	Bridge Staff
Help Wanted: Yes, there really are 70,000 good jobs open	July 15, 2014	Ted Roelofs
More money. More jobs?	July 15, 2014	Chastity Pratt
Hosannas to Free Press for exposing charter failings	July 15, 2014	Phil Power
Editor's note: Has Bridge lost its mind?	July 15, 2014	David Zeman
When we all sat on one blanket, in U.P. summer celebrations of yore	July 11, 2014	Ron Riekki
Emergency manager or emperor? Why Michigan’s law stirs contempt	July 10, 2014	Chastity Pratt
Politicos were out to get me, says emergency manager	July 10, 2014	Chastity Pratt
Is Detroit’s financial oversight board too big to succeed?	July 10, 2014	Chastity Pratt
Guest column: Calvin College chooses money over values	July 10, 2014	Andrew Steiner
Cherry wars: The crazy economics of Michigan’s favorite pitted fruit	July 8, 2014	Ron French
The only cherry pie recipe you’ll need this summer	July 8, 2014	Phil Power
Constant tax cuts killing Pure Michigan	July 8, 2014	John Austin
Readers deserved more transparency in lengthy charter-school indictment	July 4, 2014	Greg McNeilly