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Michigan news: Bridge archive

TitleDateAuthor
Bill Schuette: I’ll figure out how to fix Michigan roads after I winLindsay VanHulle
Truth Squad | Does Bill Schuette care if sick people can get insurance?Chastity Pratt
Bill Schuette says failing schools must improve or face consequences Erin Einhorn
Opinion | Michigan’s next governor must lead, not follow special interestsTom Watkins
Three Michigan Attorney General candidates with wildly different visionsRiley Beggin
Dana Nessel: To fight for environment, most vulnerable as Attorney General Riley Beggin
Tom Leonard: Vows to be ‘rule-of-law’ Michigan Attorney GeneralRiley Beggin
Chris Graveline: Why Michigan needs an Independent Attorney GeneralRiley Beggin
Schuette and Whitmer’s tax, spending plans for Michigan don’t add upMike Wilkinson
Gretchen Whitmer’s plan for Michigan: $3B of promises and wishful thinkingMike Wilkinson
Bill Schuette wants to fix roads while cutting taxes. Good luck with that.Mike Wilkinson
Bridge reporter wins Michigan Bar award for consumer coverageBridge Staff
Bill Schuette, Gretchen Whitmer push for bus fixes to help Detroit schoolsChastity Pratt, Koby Levin, Chalkbeat
Enbridge to build $350M tunnel to protect Line 5 in Straits of MackinacJim Malewitz
Truth Squad | Michigan Republicans, Schuette mislead on NassarLindsay VanHulle
Truth Squad | Dana Nessel spreads inaccuracies about PFAS in Michigan watersJim Malewitz
Monarch butterflies need saving in Michigan. Fenton woman does her part.Timothy Jagielo
Opinion | Dental therapists won’t improve health care for Michigan’s most vulnerableDebra Peters
Slideshow | A closer look at the students at Bethune School in DetroitBridge Staff
Five ways to reduce harm of students frequently changing schoolsChastity Pratt, Erin Einhorn
When students leave Detroit schools, staff often has no clue where they go.Erin Einhorn, Chastity Pratt
Detroit makes it easy to switch schools. So parents do. Frequently.Erin Einhorn
In Detroit, students never say goodbye. That’s a heartbreak for teachers.Erin Einhorn, Chastity Pratt
The children of 8B: Choice, school hopping brings ‘chaos’ to Detroit classroomsErin Einhorn, Chastity Pratt
Michigan Republicans push ‘popular vote’ bills after trip to HawaiiCraig Mauger, Joel Kurth
Hey college applicants: Harvard will reject you. And that’s OK.Ron French
Got a beef with Michigan’s social studies standards? Help rewrite themRon French
Opinion | Michigan social studies standards shouldn’t sugarcoat historyBrian Gutman, Lauren Hubbard
Opinion | Michigan needs more post-high school education, says state superintendentSheila Alles
National group is paying bail for poor jail defendants in DetroitChastity Pratt
Court settlement to end commercial fish farm on trout-rich Au Sable River David Zeman
In Michigan emergency rooms, a chance missed in the opioid crisisTed Roelofs
As cities rush to sell off utilities, Wyandotte boasts 3 city-run systemsDan Jones
Opinion | The truth about no-fault and Mayor Duggan’s misguided lawsuitTammy Hannah
Opinion | November election critical for future of public education in MichiganJohn Austin
Michigan groundwater emergency threatens fish, drinking water, way of lifeBrett Walton
Lack of oversight allows leaky septic systems to befoul Michigan watersBrett Walton
Dry wells, salty crops forced Ottawa County to confront groundwater crisisBrett Walton
Michigan PFAS by the numbers: How much is unsafe? Jim Malewitz
Forty years ago, Michigan had one of worst mass poisonings in U.S. historyBrett Walton
Online broadcast to discuss Michigan groundwater emergency on Oct. 1Bridge Staff
How a shadow Republican group gerrymandered Michigan – sparking a backlashJoel Kurth
These Republican insiders split $1 million to design and defend Michigan 2011 mapsBridge Staff
Maps show how gerrymandering benefitted Michigan RepublicansMike Wilkinson
A final meeting, and Michigan’s social studies standards head for a rewriteRon French
Truth Squad: Republicans attack Dana Nessel for firm’s defense on sex crimesRon French
Opinion | You’re paying less taxes than you think. And that’s a problem.Charles Ballard, Sanjay Gupta
Bill Schuette no longer touts Trump ties, but president’s shadow follows Riley Beggin
Turning Gretchen Whitmer into Granholm, a Republican gamble in governor raceLindsay VanHulle
Opinion | I’m disabled, and it took me 15 years to find a dentist in MichiganPaul Palmer