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Michigan news: Bridge archive

TitleDateAuthor
GOP to governor: Tell us when you leave Michigan. Whitmer: Stop wasting time.Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
In tiny Copper Harbor, a mountain biking boom causes growing painsKelly House
Michigan GOP advances voter ID mandate: common sense or a new poll tax?Jonathan Oosting, Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Michigan fireworks 2021: What you can and can’t do on the Fourth of JulyOlivia Tucker
COVID supercharged Upper Peninsula travel. Looks like it’s going to last.Kelly House
As office workers return, a Grand Rapids dry cleaner scrimps to hang onPaula Gardner
Michigan COVID restrictions ease as June 1 arrivesMike Wilkinson
Q&A: Michigan fitness club owner says how industry must change after COVID Paula Gardner
Michigan senator wants only Yoopers to decide future of wolf huntingSophia Kalakailo
Records: COVID-19 nursing home deaths may have been undercounted in MichiganMike Wilkinson
Michigan GOP pushes critical race, transgender bills as school funding in limboJonathan Oosting
Ann Arbor likely will be ground zero for Michigan cicada invasionArjun Thakkar, Sophia Kalakailo
How a secret group of lawyers influences who sits on Michigan’s federal courtsSergio Martínez-Beltrán
Jocelyn Benson defends appointment-only plan at Secretary of State offices Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Whitmer campaign, not shadow nonprofit, now paying for Florida flightJonathan Oosting, Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Gov. Whitmer against expanding Michigan’s read-or-flunk law to 4th-gradersRon French
Michigan GOP eases absentee voter ID plan. Critics call proposal ‘pointless’Jonathan Oosting
Watch Bridge Book Club talk on ‘The Death and Life of the Great Lakes’ Amber DeLind, Kathryn Dugal
Cornhole and COVID tests mark a pandemic prom at one Michigan high schoolOlivia Tucker
Opinion: Teacher of the Year: Transgender students aren’t political pawns Owen Bondono
Michigan’s 3rd-grade read-or-flunk law may expand to 4th grade next year Ron French
Michigan GOP seeks to cut funds to schools that teach critical race theoryKoby Levin, Chalkbeat
They were at the Capitol riot. Now, these Michigan Republicans want your voteJonathan Oosting
One year after George Floyd murder, lawmakers propose Michigan police reformsJonathan Oosting
Can $1 million prizes or free cars jumpstart Michigan COVID vaccine rates?Mike Wilkinson
Michigan streamlines MIOSHA workplace rules as COVID fades Paula Gardner
Austin Chenge faces eligibility issue in GOP bid for Michigan governorJonathan Oosting
Opinion: Legislature must help those injured in catastrophic auto accidentsJulie Rogers
Whitmer’s latest flap: breaking her own Michigan rules about indoor diningSergio Martínez-Beltrán
Meet Bridge Michigan’s interns for summer 2021Ron French
Back to school: Michigan free college tuition program attracts 70,000 Arjun Thakkar
Federal aid helps bring added $3.5 billion surplus to Michigan Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
More than 20,000 Michiganders have applied for federal rent aid since MarchNushrat Rahman
COVID vaccine effort goes door-to-door in Southwest DetroitMartina Guzmán
‘A really good day for business’ as Michigan acts to lift COVID limits Paula Gardner
Whitmer, Michigan GOP make peace, will negotiate billions in federal stimulusJonathan Oosting
An end in sight? Michigan experts say COVID finally ‘winding down’ Robin Erb
Questions, answers about Michigan’s changing COVID restrictions Mike Wilkinson, Jonathan Oosting
University of Michigan: We’ll spend billions to be ‘carbon neutral’ by 2040Arjun Thakkar
Watch Bridge’s Lunch Break discussion on Michigan redistricting processAmber DeLind, Kathryn Dugal
Gov. Whitmer pitches financial incentives to recruit more Michigan teachersRon French
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: All COVID restrictions to end in Michigan on July 1Jonathan Oosting, Mike Wilkinson, Paula Gardner
As Michigan eases COVID orders, businesses want to lift work rules too Paula Gardner
Michigan GOP would allow video of vote counts. Critics call that intimidation.Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
GOP targets no-ID ballots to cut fraud. Only 0.2% voted that way in Michigan.Jonathan Oosting
Albion becomes first Michigan college mandating vaccination for all studentsOlivia Tucker
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer poised to further ease Michigan COVID restrictions Mike Wilkinson
With funnel cakes and (some) masks, Michigan festivals lurch toward normalOlivia Tucker
From TikTok to school clinics, Michigan ramps up young teen vaccinationsArjun Thakkar
Michigan turns to New Orleans for new economic development CEOPaula Gardner