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Michigan news: Bridge archive

TitleDateAuthor
When elites ignore the people, the center cannot holdPhil Power
Battle in Lansing over community colleges expanding 4-year degreesLindsay VanHulle
Michigan’s low investment in child care costs state and poor children alikeNancy Derringer
How Michigan compares with other states in child care spendingBridge Staff
Allowing ‘dental therapists’ in Michigan will expand access to oral careAmy Zaagman
In Flint, questions about Legionnaires’ death tollChastity Pratt
Legionnaires’ disease timelineChastity Pratt
Savor the wonders of summer with this family cherry pie recipePhil Power
‘Smart road’ speed, location sensors going on up Michigan roadsLindsay VanHulle
Should Waukesha be able to stick a straw into Lake Michigan? Yes.Bill Rustem
Booming again: West Michigan’s economy is on a rollMike Wilkinson
10 counties with lowest jobless rateBridge Staff
10 counties with biggest increase in jobsBridge Staff
10 counties with greatest growth in average weekly wagesBridge Staff
10 counties with highest weekly wagesBridge Staff
Bridge book on Flint crisis offers lessons on government failureNancy Derringer
Down and out in purest MichiganChastity Pratt
PHOTO GALLERY: A U.P. town like no otherBridge Staff
Training teachers to nurture gifted studentsNan Janecke
Senate leader trying to find a third path on state energy overhaulLindsay VanHulle
Poverty and joblessness, fuel for '67 riot, even worse todayBill McGraw
A brief history of poverty and jobs in DetroitBill McGraw
Detroiters in poverty face nearly insurmountable obstaclesLester Graham
Governor’s office makes case for Snyder’s fiscal legacyDick Posthumus
Michigan balks at rule shortening full-contact practice for high school footballTed Roelofs
Bridge reporter wins national honors for articles on working poorBridge Staff
City dwellers came for the tax breaks. Will they stay when breaks expire?Mike Wilkinson
Finding lessons in Flint’s tragedyPhil Power
The first comprehensive book on the Flint water crisis: Buy your copy todayBridge Staff
Human trafficking fight plagued by bad data, as well as bad guysNancy Derringer
Are prostitutes lawbreakers or trafficking victims?Jacob Wheeler
Tearing down walls between Michigan’s 15 public universitiesPatrick Shannon
The Center for Michigan and Michigan Radio partner for two “Issues & Ale” eventsBridge Staff
Live free and die: Michigan’s motorcycle helmet law four years laterTed Roelofs
Lansing can help communities improve access to ObamacareVikram Reddy
Transgender bathrooms or crumbling infrastructure?Phil Power
Gov. Snyder: I’m still politically relevantLindsay VanHulle
More time in classroom equals more learning, but the details matterTom Willis
Michigan’s record on infrastructure: Ignore everythingLindsay VanHulle
Charters chafe at commission oversight in DetroitLindsay VanHulle
Flint water, city schools on agenda at Mackinac biz conferenceLindsay VanHulle
Read Bridge and Win contest has launched!Bridge Staff
Asleep at the desk: How school begins for many Michigan teensTed Roelofs
What happened when one Minnesota school district let high schoolers sleep inTed Roelofs
Bipartisan bill to make governor, lawmakers subject to open records law in doubtTed Roelofs
Mitch Bean: Starving Michigan cities and the coming stormMitch Bean
Michigan’s business community must lead charge for better schoolsBrian Cloyd, Ken Whipple
What government owes Flint’s poisoned immigrant communityJacob Wheeler
Binding cities, with few ways outPhil Power
Put down your No. 2 pencils: Too much testing in public schoolsAl Churchill