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Michigan news: Bridge archive

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Large jump in Michigan deaths outside hospitals as coronavirus raged	July 2, 2020	Robin Erb
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer closes most bars as coronavirus cases spike	July 1, 2020	Riley Beggin, Paula Gardner
Michigan hospitals hardest hit by coronavirus get $850M, say they need more	July 1, 2020	Robin Erb, Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press
As coronavirus cases rise, Whitmer halts plans to further reopen Michigan	July 1, 2020	Jonathan Oosting, Robin Erb, Mike Wilkinson
Opinion \| ‘The beatings will continue until you learn to read’	July 1, 2020	Gretchen Dziadosz
Opinion \| Remembering Morris Hood III, an inspiration for Michigan lawmakers	July 1, 2020	Steve Tobocman
Trinity Health Michigan lays off, furloughs another 1,000 employees	June 30, 2020	Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press
Lawyers for Michigan argue to keep Enbridge Line 5 closed for safety	June 30, 2020	Kelly House
Michigan calls on schools to have masks but no social distancing in class	June 30, 2020	Ron French, Jonathan Oosting
Michigan prison reform faces hurdles from Democrats Whitmer and Nessel	June 30, 2020	Ted Roelofs
Whitmer strips name of slavery advocate Cass from Michigan office building	June 30, 2020	Sophia Yoon
Michigan regulator: Enbridge needs permission to move Line 5 into tunnel	June 30, 2020	Kelly House
Gretchen Whitmer, Republicans strike deal to plug $2.2B Michigan budget hole	June 29, 2020	Jonathan Oosting
After 100-plus coronavirus cases, Michigan bar owner urges more testing	June 29, 2020	Paula Gardner
Michigan DNR missed chance to test worker diagnosed with TB a year later	June 29, 2020	John Barnes
For some Michigan college students, coronavirus is a risk worth taking	June 29, 2020	Eve Washington, Sophia Yoon
Michigan Gov. Whitmer wants state ban on police chokeholds, other reforms	June 29, 2020	Jonathan Oosting
Opinion \| Don’t send me back to school in Michigan coronavirus outbreak	June 29, 2020	Madeline Gupta
Michigan police defend surplus military gear, as debate about force grows	June 29, 2020	Riley Beggin
Michigan parents: School coronavirus measures great, but don’t stop sports	June 29, 2020	Ron French
'End of an era’: American Indian Services closes after 49 years	June 29, 2020	Meghanlata Gupta
Opinion \| We can’t trust Enbridge – we must close Line 5	June 28, 2020	Larry Bell
The painful truth: A wife with questions gets answers from a nurse who saw her husband die	June 28, 2020	Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press
Michigan bars worry as East Lansing bar’s coronavirus tally tops 70 cases	June 26, 2020	Paula Gardner
Are Michigan gyms safe during coronavirus? A study in Norway suggests yes.	June 26, 2020	Ted Roelofs
Coronavirus outbreaks tied to migrant farm workers in Michigan	June 25, 2020	Robin Erb, Jonathan Oosting
AARP: To guard Michigan seniors from coronavirus, avoid nursing homes	June 25, 2020	Robin Erb
Enbridge Line 5 shutdown prompts Michigan debate over risks vs. economic harm	June 25, 2020	Kelly House
Education advocates call for new approach to how schools get coronavirus aid	June 25, 2020	Koby Levin, Chalkbeat
Michigan judge orders temporary Enbridge Line 5 shutdown	June 25, 2020	Kelly House
Michigan moves to pause standardized tests amid coronavirus	June 25, 2020	Ron French
Last-minute ruling keeps Michigan gyms closed, hours before they could reopen	June 24, 2020	Riley Beggin
Michigan GOP lawmakers claim Jocelyn Benson’s absentee ballot mailings illegal	June 24, 2020	Riley Beggin
Detroit’s Cass Tech was named for a slave owner. Should this name change too?	June 24, 2020	Bryce Huffman
Michigan Democratic congressional members seek Enbridge Line 5 shutdown	June 24, 2020	Kelly House
Opinion \| Debunking 10 misconceptions about Michigan’s Native Americans	June 24, 2020	Meghanlata Gupta
Pool of 200 selected for new Michigan commission to end gerrymandering	June 24, 2020	Riley Beggin
COVID fallout: Fewer Michigan low-income students may be going to college	June 24, 2020	Sophia Yoon
Big benefits, claims a ‘perfect storm’ for unemployment fraud in Michigan	June 24, 2020	Jonathan Oosting
Help Bridge choose the topic for an online reader discussion	June 24, 2020	Amber DeLind
Report: Michigan hospitals shorted $130K per COVID-19 patient in federal aid	June 24, 2020	Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, Robin Erb
Opinion \| Michigan has a waste problem but these reforms will help	June 24, 2020	Kerrin O'Brien, John Dulmes , Sean Hammond
DTE Energy vows ‘net zero’ natural gas by 2050	June 24, 2020	Kelly House
Michigan auto, business groups pan Trump's halt on foreign workers	June 23, 2020	Ted Roelofs
Petition drives target Gretchen Whitmer. And she’s raising money off them.	June 23, 2020	Jonathan Oosting
Whitmer takes a second crack at naming Michigan natural resources members	June 23, 2020	Kelly House
Michigan lawmakers to fed regulators: You blew it on Edenville Dam	June 23, 2020	Mike Wilkinson
Nearly 12,000 Michigan workers unemployed since May 1 still await benefits	June 23, 2020	Jonathan Oosting
GOP: Use $1.3 billion in fed money to bail out Michigan schools amid COVID	June 23, 2020	Ron French
Coronavirus outbreak traced to East Lansing pub after Michigan bars reopen	June 23, 2020	Robin Erb