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Michigan news: Bridge archive

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Visitation resumes amid COVID in Michigan nursing homes — with limits	March 2, 2021	Robin Erb
Should Michigan hunt wolves, cranes, moose? Republican lawmakers think so.	March 2, 2021	Kelly House
Too few for too long, COVID vaccines expected to surge. Is Michigan ready?	March 2, 2021	Robin Erb, Mike Wilkinson
In fight for statewide septic code, Michigan property rights a big barrier	March 2, 2021	Natasha Blakely, Great Lakes Now
Recreational pot is nestling comfortably into small-town Michigan	March 2, 2021	Ted Roelofs
Michigan Gov. Whitmer’s ex-health director got $155K separation agreement	March 1, 2021	Jonathan Oosting
Business leaders to Whitmer: Time to ease Michigan restaurant restrictions	March 1, 2021	Paula Gardner
Michigan ranks low in government transparency. Ballot drive would extend FOIA	March 1, 2021	Jonathan Oosting
Opinion \| Bridge Michigan was wrong about the Grosse Pointes and me	March 1, 2021	Anne Vanker
U.S. ‘incompetency’ led to Edenville Dam failure, couple claims in lawsuit	March 1, 2021	Kelly House
After a hellish year in Michigan: joy from giving doses of COVID vaccines	March 1, 2021	Robin Erb
Opinion \| Michigan underfunds public health. Now we’re paying the price	February 28, 2021	Eric Lupher
New way to seek Michigan COVID vaccine. And a 3rd vaccine may be close.	February 25, 2021	Robin Erb
Michigan looks for new CEO for economic development	February 25, 2021	Paula Gardner
Stuck at home, Michigan turns to alcohol amid COVID: Sales jump 20 percent	February 25, 2021	Mike Wilkinson
Watch Bridge’s Lunch Break discussion on COVID-19 vaccines in Michigan	February 25, 2021	Kathryn Dugal, Amber DeLind
Opinion \| Vaccine distribution shouldn’t be based on ‘social vulnerability’	February 25, 2021	Ben Frederick
Race, abortion dominate debate on Michigan $2-billion COVID response plan	February 25, 2021	Jonathan Oosting
Michigan dams need ‘immediate attention’ to prevent next failure	February 25, 2021	Kelly House
Opinion \| Don’t listen to Michigan GOP, we need equity in vaccine distribution	February 25, 2021	Debra Furr-Holden
Michigan GOP: Vaccine distribution shouldn’t consider race, ‘social justice’	February 24, 2021	Jonathan Oosting
Whitmer: Nearly all Michigan schools to open amid COVID. Ann Arbor, too.	February 24, 2021	Ron French
What flu season? Michigan influenza barely registers during COVID	February 24, 2021	Robin Erb
COVID reveals Michigan’s internet broadband gap. Will take years to close.	February 24, 2021	Jonathan Oosting
Michigan lawmakers propose health care reforms, including insulin copay caps	February 24, 2021	Jonathan Oosting
Opinion \| Child care costs hobble Michigan families. Here’s one suggestion	February 24, 2021	Greg VanWoerkom
Michigan is no Texas, but it has grid reliability issues of its own	February 23, 2021	Kelly House
White Michigan residents get COVID vaccine at twice rate of African Americans	February 23, 2021	Mike Wilkinson
Michigan students to take standardized tests, but which one is unclear	February 23, 2021	Ron French
COVID rates plunge in Michigan nursing homes following vaccinations	February 23, 2021	Mike Wilkinson
Help on way in Michigan, as 4M COVID vaccines expected by April, Congress told	February 23, 2021	Mike Wilkinson
I share a house with my cat, Ling Ling, and my roommate PFAS	February 23, 2021	Tom Perkins
Michigan students must take M-STEP, despite COVID, Biden administration says	February 22, 2021	Ron French
Bridge Book Club reads ‘Annie’s Ghosts’ in March	February 22, 2021	Amber DeLind, Kathryn Dugal
Southwest Michigan First admits it has ‘work to do’ after Chatfield flap	February 22, 2021	Paula Gardner, Jonathan Oosting
On Michigan’s inland lakes, ice fishing with less ice, and fewer fish	February 22, 2021	Lester Graham
Intense storms from climate change harming Michigan streams and rivers	February 22, 2021	Lester Graham
Lake Superior is warming faster than many of the world’s big lakes	February 22, 2021	Lester Graham
Michigan’s child welfare system is improving, but its leaders just left	February 22, 2021	Robin Erb
Lee Chatfield quits Southwest Michigan First amid uproar over his politics	February 22, 2021	Jonathan Oosting, Paula Gardner
In changing Grosse Pointes, subtle racism gives way to political extremism	February 22, 2021	Madeline Halpert
Pfizer pledges dramatic increase in COVID vaccines during Biden visit to Michigan	February 19, 2021	Madeline Halpert, Jonathan Oosting
Frustrations mount as COVID vaccine more available in some parts of Michigan	February 19, 2021	Mike Wilkinson
How Nestlé sale impacts Michigan water permit dispute	February 19, 2021	Natasha Blakely, Great Lakes Now
Opinion \| If teachers think standardized tests stink, maybe we should listen	February 19, 2021	Matt Koleszar
Affluent Michigan schools want bigger share of federal COVID funds	February 18, 2021	Ron French
Lee Chatfield fought LGBT rights in Lansing. He’s on board in Kalamazoo.	February 18, 2021	Paula Gardner
As COVID slows, Michigan restaurants urge Whitmer to ease ‘nightmare’ limits	February 18, 2021	Jonathan Oosting
Aide who wrote Mike Shirkey’s apologies leaving to work for Dana Nessel	February 18, 2021	Jonathan Oosting
Editor's note: A flawed report on COVID safety in Michigan schools	February 17, 2021	David Zeman