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Michigan news: Bridge archive

TitleDateAuthor
From Arkansas, a warning to Michigan on Medicaid work rulesTed Roelofs
Opinion | Outgoing Michigan lawmakers should keep hands off our schoolsJohn Austin
Republicans: Michigan shouldn’t regulate more strictly than WashingtonJim Malewitz
Hostility for the holidays: The lame history of Michigan's lame duckTed Roelofs
Opinion | Protect Michigan’s environment by passing these two billsHelen Taylor
Michigan Republicans advance bills on campaign finance, voting, educationLindsay VanHulle
Michigan Senate GOP moves bills enacting Props 2 and 3, despite objectionsLindsay VanHulle, Riley Beggin
How divisive is Michigan lame duck? Dems and GOP can’t even agree on puppiesRon French
Michigan Republican Senator: I’m no anti-environmental villainJim Malewitz
Michigan GOP moves bills that foes say will weaken incoming Democrats’ powerRiley Beggin
Michigan GOP to public unions: Recertify every two years or dieLindsay VanHulle
Michigan Senate approves plan to preserve Line 5 before foes take officeJim Malewitz
Michigan minimum wage, sick leave bills dismantled. Will Gov. Snyder sign?Lindsay VanHulle
Lame duck Michigan legislators aim to shape redistricting over protestsRiley Beggin
Opinion | Bill to grade Michigan schools A-to-F is a horrible ideaCasandra Ulbrich
On wild day, Michigan lawmakers move to give themselves lawsuit powerRiley Beggin
Republican bills would snatch power over Michigan schools from DemocratsRon French
Michigan lawmakers: ‘Every little thing’ doesn’t need environmental protectionJim Malewitz
Michigan House poised to dismantle Michigan sick leave, minimum wage lawsLindsay VanHulle
You can smoke pot in Michigan but not buy it. What you need to know.Riley Beggin
As he exits, Michigan lawmaker wants to gut wetland protection, boost wasteJim Malewitz
Opinion | Gutting paid sick leave disrespects voters, undermines democracyYousef Rabhi
Group behind Michigan paid sick leave vows 2020 ballot drive if law guttedLindsay VanHulle
Mackinac Bridge Authority shouldn't oversee Line 5 tunnel, Michigan Republicans sayJim Malewitz
Drama in Michigan lame-duck: Good government reform or naked power grab?Lindsay VanHulle
This Michigan lawmaker is pushing a bill that will save his business $9,000 Jim Malewitz
Michigan gerrymandering trial on for February; court cites ‘profound’ biasJoel Kurth
Gerrymandering 101: How voters favor Dems, but GOP keeps Michigan LegislatureMike Wilkinson
These maps show how Michigan Republicans kept power despite blue waveMike Wilkinson
Michigan may soon rank schools A-to-F. Will it help? Nobody knows.Ron French
Opinion | If our kids get graded A-to-F, then our Michigan schools should, tooJohn Kennedy
Michigan Senate scales back minimum wage, sick leave laws in ‘dark of night’Lindsay VanHulle
Flint finds replacing lead pipes isn’t easy. Even when state promises to payJim Malewitz
Michigan environment roundup: Climate change spells trouble for Midwest farmersJim Malewitz
Opinion | Reversing tariffs would be a winning formula for Michigan economyMichael Clark
Phil Power | Please help Bridge expand its nonpartisan journalism in MichiganPhil Power
Detroit wants to extend comeback to neighborhoods. So far, it’s a slow go.Chastity Pratt
Michigan Republicans aim to soften minimum wage, sick leave in lame duckLindsay VanHulle, Riley Beggin
Opinion | Fix the damn roads? Sure. But Whitmer can’t control the damn economy.Charles Ballard, Ronald Fisher
Forum proposes 5 ways to fix Detroit's problems with frequent school changesKoby Levin, Chalkbeat
Opinion | With Michigan at a crossroads, here’s a roadmap for LansingEric Scorsone
Republican bill would shield donors to ‘dark money’ groups in MichiganRiley Beggin
Gretchen Whitmer inherits a stable economy, but an unforgiving budgetLindsay VanHulle
Once embarrassed by its graduation numbers, Wayne State becomes a modelRon French
Opinion | Healthy food access is still a need for Michigan familiesMariam Noland
Opinion | Addressing adverse childhood experiences vital to Michigan’s futureRick Murdock
Michigan waited years to heed warnings on PFAS dangers, expert saysJim Malewitz
5 places where Michigan’s governor and legislature can make dealsRiley Beggin
Michigan Supreme Court up for grabs after 2018 electionTed Roelofs
Opinion | Am I a burden on America, asks immigrant son now a Harvard doctorDavid Duong