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Michigan news: Bridge Magazine Archive

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Michigan superintendent: Need more career tech, teachers, mental health care

August 13, 2019

Voters Not Politicians asks to intervene in Michigan GOP redistricting suit

August 12, 2019

Study: Asian carp could thrive in Lake Michigan, despite earlier doubts

August 12, 2019

Can Mike Duggan demolish his way to a safer Detroit? Studies say maybe

August 12, 2019

Opinion | Enough is enough – don’t fix Michigan's roads with classroom dollars

August 12, 2019

Chris Wigent, Don Wotruba

Part of bribery case against GOP Rep. Larry Inman proceeds

August 9, 2019

Michigan school leaders decry explosion of untrained teachers in classrooms

August 9, 2019

Mike Wilkinson, Ron French

New Michigan school superintendent: Keep Benton Harbor High open

August 8, 2019

Alarmed by long-term subs, Detroit raised teacher pay and offered bonuses

August 8, 2019

Expert: Michigan’s reliance on long-term subs ‘should concern all of us’

August 8, 2019

Database: How many long-term subs are in your Michigan district?

August 7, 2019

An Up North charter is 44 percent subs. You can’t tell difference, supt. says

August 7, 2019

How a wedding planner became an uncertified Michigan teacher for $15 an hour

August 7, 2019

Michigan leans on long-term substitutes as its schools struggle

August 7, 2019

Mike Wilkinson, Ron French

Michigan doctors reach out to LGBTQ community to narrow health disparities

August 6, 2019

In quiet decision, Michigan continues Medicaid coverage of gender changes

August 6, 2019

After week of mass shootings, can ‘red-flag’ law gain traction in Michigan?

August 5, 2019

Lindsay VanHulle

Michigan’s 2019 Water Watch

August 5, 2019

How to have your voice heard during the Your Water, Your Voice campaign

August 5, 2019

Alexandra Schmidt

New plans for Michigan psychiatric facility raise more concerns about care

August 5, 2019

Opinion | School equity proposal exacerbates system of winners vs. losers

August 5, 2019

Opinion | Michigan school libraries are still in limbo. Why?

August 2, 2019

Detroit police chief defends new facial recognition policy; protests continue

August 1, 2019

Michigan board approves recall petition for indicted Rep. Larry Inman

August 1, 2019

Lindsay VanHulle, Riley Beggin

Being poor on rich U-M campus still a struggle as school broadens reach

August 1, 2019

Alex Harring, Sammy Sussman

Court: Michigan shortchanged cities for years. But windfall isn’t certain.

July 31, 2019

Lindsay VanHulle

Bridge is hiring a Michigan Capitol watchdog reporter. Join our team.

July 31, 2019

Opinion | DTE’s plans for gas plant pose climate risk

July 31, 2019

Gail Philbin, Fred Miller

Michigan Republicans sue to stop redistricting commission before it starts

July 30, 2019

Riley Beggin, Lindsay VanHulle

Hey, CNN: Ask Democratic candidates these 6 Michigan policy questions

July 30, 2019

Study: Untreated mental illness, substance abuse ‘staggering’ in Michigan

July 30, 2019

Before debates, Gretchen Whitmer urges Democrats to protect Great Lakes

July 29, 2019

Alzheimer’s in Michigan: The coming storm

July 29, 2019

How Michigan can prepare for the coming Alzheimer’s crisis

July 29, 2019

Opinion | Give visas to skilled immigrants in places Michigan is stagnant

July 29, 2019

U-M study finds surprising abusers of opioids: new mothers. The fix is easy.

July 26, 2019

As Michigan schools struggle, Democrats and Republicans try...talking

July 26, 2019

Michigan to Democrats: Tariffs hurt, but we aren’t sold on Medicare for all

July 25, 2019

It’s not just Flint: Poverty is bad for your health in Michigan, study finds

July 25, 2019

Ted Roelofs, Jim Malewitz

Rural children more than twice as likely to be homeless in Michigan

July 25, 2019

Magdalena Mihaylova

Michigan jails fill as crime sinks and nobody seems to know why

July 24, 2019

As PFAS fears spread, Michigan ramps up testing by zapping fish

July 24, 2019

Michigan environment roundup: Lake sturgeon on the rebound

July 24, 2019

After three student suicides, one Michigan school district fights back

July 23, 2019

A Michigan mother finds solace in schools’ response after son’s suicide

July 23, 2019

Rural Michigan needs doctors. Paying their debts may be an answer

July 22, 2019

Benton Harbor crisis a tipping point for Gretchen Whitmer, school takeovers

July 22, 2019

Opinion | Dana Nessel: Line 5 must close to protect all of Michigan

July 22, 2019

Students to University of Michigan: Stop funding Detroit evictions

July 19, 2019

Magdalena Mihaylova

With city in limbo, Benton Harbor prepares new pitch to save its high school

July 19, 2019

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