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Michigan news: Bridge Magazine Archive

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Opinion: Wayne County’s diversity poses Census challenges, opportunities

October 22, 2019

Opinion | Gov. Milliken's enduring legacy: civility, bridging divides

October 22, 2019

Get tickets for Lansing event on growth of long-term substitute teachers

October 21, 2019

Alexandra Schmidt

U.S. high court kills Michigan gerrymandering case ordering new districts

October 21, 2019

Phil Power | Our colleges require more support from Lansing to survive

October 21, 2019

How Michigan Republicans nearly gutted discrimination investigations

October 21, 2019

Jonathan Oosting

Former Michigan Governor William Milliken dies at 97

October 18, 2019

Jonathan Oosting

Opinion | I’m a victim of Detroit gentrification. Don’t let me lose my home.

October 18, 2019

This flu season looks deadly. Yet much of Michigan won’t get its shot.

October 18, 2019

New law shields 10,000 Michigan counselors from limits to their practice

October 17, 2019

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer eases access to welfare in Michigan

October 17, 2019

Jonathan Oosting

Opinion | Michigan: It’s time to honor our Native American heritage

October 17, 2019

Opinion: Michigan Legislature budget slices cybersecurity. This is alarming

October 17, 2019

Tricia L. Foster

Fewer Michigan college students want to be teachers. That’s a problem.

October 17, 2019

Can Detroit businesses survive city’s push for walkable neighborhoods?

October 17, 2019

Darren A. Nichols

Michigan farmers, millennials, Yoopers, conservatives: What’s on your mind?

October 17, 2019

Monica Williams

Score one for bipartisanship: Michigan Dems, GOP pass ‘raise the age’ bills

October 16, 2019

Here’s what Gretchen Whitmer’s new PFAS water rules mean for Michigan

October 16, 2019

Michigan environment roundup: Great Lakes water levels may surge higher

October 16, 2019

Opinion | Gov. Whitmer prioritizes Native American students in Michigan budget

October 16, 2019

Meghanlata Gupta

Join Bridge Magazine at a fall reader appreciation event

October 16, 2019

Judge: Jury should decide if Michigan Rep. Larry Inman broke the law

October 15, 2019

Jonathan Oosting

Michigan judge suspends Gov. Whitmer’s ban on flavored e-cigarettes

October 15, 2019

Michigan surgeons offered more money to limit opioids for pain

October 15, 2019

Pelvic exams in surgery? Not without woman’s consent, Michigan lawmaker vows

October 15, 2019

Opinion | Michigan budget should reflect shared values on health, well-being

October 15, 2019

Opinion | Michigan dental patients deserve better than Medicare for All

October 15, 2019

Opinion | We must work together to reverse Whitmer cuts to autism services

October 14, 2019

Julie Calley, Ben Frederick

Plans for visitor center at Michigan Capitol downsized after Whitmer veto

October 14, 2019

Jonathan Oosting

Michigan fish fight: Bills would squeeze commercial fishers, help anglers

October 14, 2019

A U-M researcher gets public’s help tracking deadly balloons in the Great Lakes

October 14, 2019

Michigan environment roundup: Bringing solar power to the Upper Peninsula

October 14, 2019

Opinion | Don't repair or replace aging gas lines; shut the gas off

October 14, 2019

Steven B. Smiley

In Nassar’s wake, MSU combines oversight of its health colleges

October 11, 2019

Dana Nessel adopts Trump defense in heated LGBT Michigan adoption case

October 11, 2019

Jonathan Oosting

Opinion | Why Michigan's complex housing issues don’t have easy solution

October 10, 2019

Michigan Republicans want to rein in Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s budget power

October 10, 2019

Jonathan Oosting, Riley Beggin

Senate panel passes bills to try 17-year-olds as juveniles in crimes

October 10, 2019

Rich districts profit by sending substitutes to Michigan private schools

October 10, 2019

Who’s leading classes? Uncertified teachers for thousands of Michigan kids

October 10, 2019

Check to see how many long-term subs are in your Michigan school

October 10, 2019

Opinion | Cutting Michigan Tuition Grant puts the state at stake

October 10, 2019

Opinion | New electric school buses will benefit student health in Michigan

October 10, 2019

Caro’s psychiatric hospital is saved. Michigan’s mental health crisis persists.

October 9, 2019

Jonathan Oosting

Opinion | Treating stigma to prevent opioid overdose deaths

October 9, 2019

Mary T. Bassett, Chad M. Brummett

Opinion | Red tape blocks Michigan cancer patients from cutting-edge therapy

October 8, 2019

Mark G. Campbell

In the spring, Gov. Whitmer praised an opioid clinic. In the fall, a veto.

October 8, 2019

Michigan Republicans jockeying to override Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s budget vetoes

October 8, 2019

Jonathan Oosting, Riley Beggin

Michigan has $1B left over from budget. What happens to all that money?

October 7, 2019

Tiny school districts to Lansing: Stop acting like ‘middle-schoolers’

October 7, 2019

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