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Michigan news: Bridge Magazine Archive

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As Lansing debates funding, schools struggle to pay teachers, fix roofs

September 3, 2019

Michigan teachers: Flunking won’t help kids read. We have better ideas.

September 3, 2019

Alexandra Schmidt

Opinion | Michigan is now 44th in per-resident support for higher ed

September 3, 2019

Detroit superintendent: Parents should demand end of long-term subs

September 2, 2019

Audit: Michigan Office of the Great Lakes didn't keep track of money

August 30, 2019

Opinion | Enbridge has proven it can’t be trusted with water and Line 5

August 30, 2019

After a year, safe drinking water is flowing again at Detroit schools

August 30, 2019

Michigan House Dem leader says Whitmer’s 45-cent gas tax is probably dead

August 29, 2019

Michigan House urges resignation of Inman, who told donors ‘I need money’

August 29, 2019

Detroit district test scores gain on Michigan’s, but there’s a long way to go

August 29, 2019

M-STEP shows no progress for Michigan’s struggling third-grade readers

August 29, 2019

Michigan M-STEP test scores are inching upward. See how your school compares.

August 29, 2019

Mike Wilkinson, Ron French

Benton Harbor schools may be open for now, but test scores are the pits

August 29, 2019

Database: See how your Michigan school scored on M-STEP test

August 29, 2019

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Leaders should 'stop playing games' on roads funding

August 28, 2019

Rising waters of Lake Michigan assault Grand Traverse coast. In photos.

August 28, 2019

John L. Russell

Phil Power | Labor Day has lost some luster, as partisanship pulls us apart

August 28, 2019

Opinion | That Pure Michigan you love? Thank the MEDC

August 28, 2019

Katharine Czarnecki, David Lorenz

Michigan committee approves health warning labels for marijuana

August 27, 2019

Taught by substitute teachers, Michigan students relied on YouTube for lessons

August 27, 2019

Michigan schools say they can’t find enough substitute teachers

August 27, 2019

Battle looms over laws to slow spread of invasive species in Great Lakes

August 26, 2019

Jim Malewitz, Sarah Whites-Koditschek

Michigan environment roundup: State says Flint is violating Safe Drinking Water Act

August 26, 2019

Opinion | Wind turbines helping fund schools? It’s happening in Michigan

August 26, 2019

What’s behind the population boom in rural Michigan jails?

August 23, 2019

Opinion | In sexual assault cases, Michigan universities need oversight

August 23, 2019

Michigan GOP files new suit to stop independent redistricting commission

August 22, 2019

All eyes on Grand Traverse Bay as deadline looms for tribal fishing decree

August 22, 2019

Opinion | Let’s all make Michigan a leader in addressing climate change

August 22, 2019

Environment roundup: Michigan punts on PFAS testing at dairy farm

August 22, 2019

Q&A: Demystifying sky-high electricity rates in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

August 22, 2019

Pressure builds on Michigan Republicans for roads plan to avoid shutdown

August 21, 2019

A summer of despair for Michigan’s cherry growers

August 21, 2019

Short-term rental advocates, foes work toward a deal on laws in Michigan

August 21, 2019

Lindsay VanHulle

What to expect from the Michigan Legislature this fall

August 20, 2019

Opinion | How bad are Michigan’s roads? It’s even affecting food banks

August 20, 2019

Planned Parenthood says 42,000 in Michigan at risk from abortion ‘gag rule’

August 19, 2019

Detroit shut off water to 11,800 homes this year. Most are still off.

August 19, 2019

How to get help with Detroit water payments and avoid shutoffs

August 19, 2019

Opinion | ‘Medicare for All’ would hurt Michigan businesses

August 19, 2019

As the forest moves back in, pollen is on the rise in Detroit

August 16, 2019

Opinion | Fund the child, not the ZIP code, in Michigan school budget

August 16, 2019

Lori Tubbergen Clark

As September looms, no Republican proposal yet to fix Michigan’s roads

August 15, 2019

Lindsay VanHulle

High housing costs in Traverse City now hurting more industries in region

August 15, 2019

Lindsay VanHulle

Opinion | Michigan conservation officers save lives. Don’t cut our budget.

August 15, 2019

Amid literacy crisis, Michigan’s school librarians have all but disappeared

August 14, 2019

Opinion | Great Lakes need protection. But shutting Line 5 is foolish.

August 14, 2019

Michigan farm country testifies of widespread crisis as crops go unplanted

August 13, 2019

Michigan’s Secretary of State promised 30-minute waits — lines are worse

August 13, 2019

Check out wait times at your Michigan Secretary of State offices

August 13, 2019

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