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Michigan news: Bridge archive

TitleDateAuthor
Michigan LGBTQ teacher videos will stay despite outcry from GOP and WhitmerIsabel Lohman, Mike Wilkinson, Ron French
Opinion | Supporting all MI students means supporting gay and trans students tooMichael Rice
Michigan Republicans shift pitches to voters weary of election fraud claimsLauren Gibbons
Opinion | Michigan Prop 3: As a doctor, my patients need access to abortionTimothy Johnson
Opinion | Dixon’s school voucher plan leaves Michigan kids vulnerableJosh Cowen
Michigan's unpaid, overworked caregivers reaching a breaking pointHayley Harding, Votebeat, Sarah Rahal, The Detroit News
Amazon hits brakes on 5 Michigan facilities as U.S. online shopping slowsPaula Gardner
Michigan Dept. of Education LGBTQ, gender training blasted by Dixon, WhitmerMike Wilkinson
Prayer and readings on oral sex: welcome to Michigan Ed Board meetingsTracie Mauriello
Watch the Bridge discussion on toxic algae blooms in the Great LakesRebecca Fedewa
Urgency fades for Michigan businesses as national freight rail strike avertedPaula Gardner
Confused about the Michigan State president controversy? Read this.Isabel Lohman
Trump back in Michigan Oct. 1 to stump for Dixon, DePerno, KaramoYue Stella Yu
Michigan farmers using too much fertilizer, hurting water quality effortsKeith Schneider, Circle of Blue
President Joe Biden launches Detroit auto show as Michigan targets EV growthPaula Gardner
US Water Alliance honors Bridge Michigan, Great Lakes News CollaborativeBridge Staff
Michigan spent $2.5M to be a rocket hub. Critics say it’s produced only hypeMike Wilkinson
Michigan Republicans escalate LGBTQ attacks. Will voters embrace them?Yue Stella Yu
U.S. railroad shutdown would leave 20 percent of Michigan freight strandedPaula Gardner
Tudor Dixon pitches $1B plan to boost Michigan policeJonathan Oosting
Farms in 6 southeast Michigan counties are major sources of Lake Erie toxic bloomsKeith Schneider, Circle of Blue
Michigan COVID booster appointments filling up. How to get yours.Robin Erb
A third Michigan State University president is now on the hotseatIsabel Lohman
Opinion | Historic learning losses require immediate and long-term changesJennifer Heymoss, Amy Moore, Erika VanDyke
McCormack retirement could help Democrats keep edge on Michigan Supreme CourtYue Stella Yu
Eastern Michigan University, faculty union reach deal to end strikeIsabel Lohman
Opinion | Michigan’s bipartisan budget is a big deal for everyoneChris Harkins
Opinion | Michigan community colleges need funding for mental health servicesAlex Ammann
Seven hours without Snapchat? Michigan lawmaker proposes ban on phones during school.Tracie Mauriello, Koby Levin, Chalkbeat
Should you get a flu shot and COVID booster at the same time?Robin Erb
Abortion campaign ramps up after Michigan ballot issue clears last hurdleYue Stella Yu
Gretchen Whitmer: Federal grant could keep open Palisades nuclear plantLauren Gibbons
Voting rights ballot measure: What Proposal 2 would change in MichiganLauren Gibbons
Proposal 1 Michigan: What term limits ballot measure would changeYue Stella Yu
Abortion ballot measure: What Proposal 3 would do in MichiganJonathan Oosting
After abortion, sex education may be Michigan’s next cultural battlegroundRobin Erb, Isabel Lohman
Supreme Court clears abortion, early voting proposals for Michigan ballotYue Stella Yu
Could Texas ruling impact health-screening coverage in Michigan?Robin Erb
Bridge’s October book club selection is ‘What the Eyes Don’t See’Amber DeLind
Danger looms where toxic algae bloomsKeith Schneider, Circle of Blue
Muskegon prosecutor to consider charges in DePerno tabulator tampering caseJonathan Oosting
Opinion | It’s time — past time — to focus on mental health in Michigan schoolsPatrick O'Connor
Michigan’s existing abortion ban is unconstitutional, judge rulesLauren Gibbons
With fewer inmates (and officers), Michigan closes another prisonRon French
Meet the judge keeping abortion legal in Michigan (for now)Ron French
Eastern Michigan University sues faculty union over strike Isabel Lohman
Proposed changes to term limits officially headed to Michigan ballotLauren Gibbons
Join Bridge Lunch Break about Michigan’s teacher staffing issues and solutionsAmber DeLind, Josiah Foster
Eastern Michigan faculty strike disrupts second week of classesIsabel Lohman
Opinion | What is Michigan’s Legislature doing to prevent another Oxford?Casandra Ulbrich, Michael Rice