Michigan news: Bridge archive

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State park neglect	July 16, 2015	Ted Roelofs
State roads legislation getting bumpier than the roads that need fixing	July 16, 2015	Lindsay VanHulle
Father of Michigan fireworks law says he has no regrets	July 14, 2015	Chad Selweski
Shh! Detroit’s little-known success story: Its parks are getting better	July 14, 2015	Bill McGraw
A call for Michigan redistricting reform	July 14, 2015	Craig Thiel, Eric Lupher
Read Bridge and WIN!	July 14, 2015	Bridge Staff
Turf war: Community colleges want to offer more 4-year degrees	July 13, 2015	Lindsay VanHulle
City of Detroit has rocky relationship with Arab-American gas station owners	July 13, 2015	Lester Graham
Newspapers take notice of revenue threat	July 6, 2015	Lindsay VanHulle
Legislature gets little respect from state voters in survey	July 6, 2015	Lindsay VanHulle
Could a good deal for Detroit drivers spell the end of Michigan no-fault?	July 2, 2015	Mike Wilkinson
Seeing red: some of the state’s poorest pay the highest insurance rates	July 2, 2015	Mike Wilkinson
How Kent County is trying to improve the odds for low-income students	July 2, 2015	Charles Honey
How one West Michigan school district is closing reading gaps for poor, Hispanic students	June 30, 2015	Pat Shellenbarger
Rich school, poor school, and the challenges that separate them	June 30, 2015	Pat Shellenbarger
Make this cherry pie for Fourth of July	June 30, 2015	Phil Power
Mental health care in Michigan has room for improvement, but will it?	June 26, 2015	Vikram Reddy
Kalamazoo Promise scholarship program ‘significantly’ increases college grad rates, study finds	June 25, 2015	Julie Mack
Does Kalamazoo Promise success build case for more state scholarship funding?	June 25, 2015	Ron French
Study offers financial, policy road map for Michigan education reform	June 25, 2015	Ron French
Our deepest thanks	June 24, 2015	Phil Power
One Dearborn school soars. Another stumbles. Why?	June 23, 2015	Nancy Derringer
Grand Rapids cites the limits of state rankings to explain school gaps	June 23, 2015	Ron French
Welcome to school, Detroit kindergartners. Now pay up!	June 23, 2015	Chuck Wilbur
On the summer solstice, a meditation on gardens and life.	June 23, 2015	Phil Power
House summer plans including watching Senate’s move on road funding	June 21, 2015	Lindsay VanHulle
Bill would ban questions, discrimination over contraceptive use	June 21, 2015	Lindsay VanHulle
Twenty-six plus nine, plus how many more? Gun violence must be addressed	June 19, 2015	Tom Watkins
Read the tea leaves: It’s time for marijuana legalization in Michigan	June 19, 2015	Jermain Jones
One teacher, 25 kids and the enormous challenge of turning around Detroit schools (Chapter 1)	June 18, 2015	Chastity Pratt
One teacher, 25 kids: For struggling students, a push to 'dream bigger' (Chapter 2)	June 18, 2015	Chastity Pratt
One teacher, 25 kids: ‘Can I sleep at night?’ (Chapter 3)	June 18, 2015	Chastity Pratt
Dem Rep. Sam Singh finds a lesson for Lansing in the streets of Pamplona	June 16, 2015	Nancy Derringer
Bittersweet relief in city’s doorless, unisex restrooms	June 16, 2015	Bridge Staff
Improving third-grade reading isn’t enough	June 16, 2015	Mina Hong
The time is now to reform prisons, save taxpayers money	June 16, 2015	Phil Power
Debate rages on whether ‘prevailing wage” repeal would save state money	June 15, 2015	Lindsay VanHulle
Pot proponents pass petition process	June 15, 2015	Lindsay VanHulle
Repealing prevailing wage law will benefit Michigan school districts	June 12, 2015	John Kennedy
Is it time for Michigan higher education to consolidate?	June 12, 2015	Patrick Shannon
How state’s new early childhood funding will help boost student learning	June 11, 2015	Ron French
Detroit lowballing the number of dangerous, broken fire hydrants in city	June 11, 2015	Lester Graham
Gov. Snyder gets it right on early childhood education	June 11, 2015	Tom Watkins
A cycling track for the Motor City	June 10, 2015	Bridge Staff
In paychecks, Michigan women have a long way to go, baby	June 9, 2015	Ted Roelofs
Hispanic women struggle with just over half the pay of men	June 9, 2015	Ted Roelofs
Retiring Superintendent: Michigan schools are broken, but teachers are heroes	June 9, 2015	Mike Flanagan
After preschool gains, Michigan should now turn to 0-3 child policies	June 9, 2015	Phil Power
Prevailing wage doesn’t cost taxpayers, it protects them	June 5, 2015	Dale Belman
How a single, powerful senator killed serious reform of teacher evaluation	June 4, 2015	Ron French