Michigan prison art program helps inmates find voice 鈥 and hope
Editor note: This story was originally published by聽Bridge Michigan聽(bridgemi.com), a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. To get regular coverage from Bridge Michigan, sign up for a free Bridge Michigan newsletter聽here.鈥澛 by Janelle D. James, Bridge Michigan ANN ARBOR 鈥 At first glance, the small colored drawing by Kushawn Miles El reads like a comic strip. […]
A law meant to clean Michigan air now costs the state billions with little oversight
Editor note: This story was originally published by聽Bridge Michigan聽(bridgemi.com), a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. To get regular coverage from Bridge Michigan, sign up for a free Bridge Michigan newsletter聽here.鈥澛 by Jena Brooker (Bridge Michigan Environment Watch) Over the last decade, Michigan municipalities have given more than a billion dollars in local tax breaks to […]
Property owners say Michigan hasn鈥檛 kept up with contractor fraud
Editor note: This story was originally published by聽Bridge Michigan聽(bridgemi.com), a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. To get regular coverage from Bridge Michigan, sign up for a free Bridge Michigan newsletter聽here.鈥澛 by Mardi Link, For the Northern Michigan Journalism Collaborative, Bridge Michigan BELLAIRE 鈥 Kelly Newell sat in the front row of an Antrim County courtroom, […]
Jewish officials seek security funding, reforms after Michigan attack
Editor note: This story was originally published by聽Bridge Michigan聽(bridgemi.com), a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. To get regular coverage from Bridge Michigan, sign up for a free Bridge Michigan newsletter聽here.鈥澛 by Jordyn Hermani, Bridge Michigan Jewish state officials on Monday said more security funding, better education and updates to anti-terrorism laws are needed to combat […]
Michigan boosts bed capacity in 鈥榟orribly underserved鈥 mental health system
Editor note: This story was originally published by聽Bridge Michigan聽(bridgemi.com), a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. To get regular coverage from Bridge Michigan, sign up for a free Bridge Michigan newsletter聽here.鈥澛 by Eli Newman, Bridge Michigan Families, patients, providers and lawmakers have increasingly called attention to the state 鈥渓ack of service鈥 for thousands of residents in […]
Senate mulls giving Michigan same-sex marriage ban the boot
Editor note: This story was originally published by聽Bridge Michigan聽(bridgemi.com), a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. To get regular coverage from Bridge Michigan, sign up for a free Bridge Michigan newsletter聽here.鈥澛 by Jordyn Hermani (Bridge Michigan) Senate Democrats are pushing to repeal Michigan same-sex marriage ban, which remains on the books despite a 2015 US Supreme […]
Michigan synagogue attack: FBI investigating as 鈥榯argeted act of violence鈥
Editor note: This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan (bridgemi.com), a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. To get regular coverage from Bridge Michigan, sign up for a free Bridge Michigan newsletter here . by Kelly House, Robin Erb and Janelle D. James, Bridge Michigan WEST BLOOMFIELD 鈥 The suspect is dead and no congregants […]
Case closed on Michigan 鈥榝alse electors.鈥 Dana Nessel won鈥檛 appeal dismissal
by Hayley Harding, Votebeat/Bridge Michigan Michigan so-called 鈥渇alse electors鈥 case is over after Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Monday she would not appeal a judge decision to dismiss the charges faced by 16 individuals who signed documents attempting to certify Michigan slate of electors for Donald Trump in 2020, despite Joe Biden victory in the […]
Enbridge, Line 5 foes argue tunnel plan before Michigan Supreme Court
Editor note: This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan (bridgemi.com), a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. To get regular coverage from Bridge Michigan, sign up for a free Bridge Michigan newsletter here . by Kelly House, Bridge Michigan聽 In a packed courtroom in Lansing, lawyers for Enbridge Energy and its critics debated before Michigan […]
Stoneflies or leafhoppers: Which could become the official state insect?
By JUSTIN FOX CLAUSEN, Capital News Service Two insects are under consideration as the official state insect: the stonefly and, more recently, the Huron River leafhopper. The topic of a state insect has been bugging Michigan for years. The state is one of two without an official insect, alongside Iowa. The earliest recorded effort at […]
