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Michigan news: Bridge archive

TitleDateAuthor
It’s not easy, but public trust in government can be built, and rebuiltCheryl C. Farmer
News Bubble SwapBridge Staff
Interactive map: What political bubble do you live in?Mike Wilkinson
In Detroit, only a mighty few can open new charter schoolsChastity Pratt
Want to improve city finances? Give counties more to do. Eric Lupher
A conservative and two liberals swapped news feeds. It didn’t end well. Ron French
Is the Michigan Supreme Court trying to make it harder to punish bad judges?Ted Roelofs
After three years, Michigan’s working poor are still stuck Lindsay VanHulle
How to fix Michigan's outdated education systemJim Brooks
Michigan universities object to losing funding, but do they deserve what they get?Jarrett Skorup
That Detroit rarity: a home mortgage Joel Kurth, Mike Wilkinson
One promise Mike Duggan can’t keep?Chastity Pratt
Obamacare survives, but some rural hospitals may not Ted Roelofs
Is Lansing trying to steer funds reserved for recreation land?Ron French
Election reform critical to restoring public trust Phil Power
Reducing waste will make energy more affordable in MichiganMary Templeton
Year-round Daylight Saving Time? Michigan bewareLindsay VanHulle
Michigan’s electric reliability: Better than the national averageGerry Anderson
Democracy is not a one-way street. Unhappy? Start talking about it.Michele Corey
‘Competency-based’ learning should end social promotion of unprepared studentsBill Sower
Check out Michigan’s hottest residential markets Mike Wilkinson
Farmland prices soar in MichiganMike Wilkinson
Warren now has highest industrial property values in metro Detroit Kirk Pinho
Taking a hammer, not a scalpel, to how Michigan cities are fundedEric Lupher
Michigan residents to Lansing: We don’t trust you to do the basics Ted Roelofs
Michiganders say emergency managers wield too much powerTed Roelofs
Residents are giving up hope for a better Michigan Phil Power
Download a copy of "Fractured Trust: Lost faith in state government and how to restore it"Bridge Staff
Michigan property values remain dramatically below 2008 levelsMike Wilkinson
A tale of two cities: Ann Arbor now outpaces Detroit real estate valuesKirk Pinho
Has your town recovered from the Great Recession? See the property value map.Mike Wilkinson
Do business lures really work? Lindsay VanHulle
Is the new health-care law what anyone really wants?Marianne Udow-Phillips
Lesson one for Michigan schools: We’re doing it wrongShaun Black
Retired diplomats bring the world, and a dose of civility, to Traverse City Bob Campbell
Bridge reporting honored twice for Flint water crisis coverageBridge Staff
Study claims Michigan has more blackouts than most states. Not true, says DTERon French
Take two hits of Maui Wowie and call me in the morning: Baby boomers in the age of medical marijuanaNancy Derringer
Abused as a small boy. Now what?Ted Roelofs
Time for Lansing to make its own records open to the public Jane Briggs-Bunting
The education commission’s report is only step one. Now comes the hard part.Karen McPhee
Help wanted. Credentials required. Are Michigan job-seekers ready?Antoine M. Garibaldi
New investment drives Bridge Magazine, and an engaged and informed publicJohn Bebow
2016 Michigan Journalist of the Year joins BridgeBridge Staff
State Commission: Consider abolishing Board of EducationTed Roelofs
Send Bridge the worst examples of bad government writing Phil Power
When every dollar counts, why exclude prisoners from Medicaid?Tyler Winkelman, Amy Young, Megan Zakerski
Death to government mumbo jumboBridge Staff
On Michigan farms and in restaurants, who will fill the jobs?Ted Roelofs
Business chief: Five ways to boost Michigan’s economic growth Lindsay VanHulle