Records: Beydoun, other MEDC officials skipped conflict of interest reports
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聽(https://bit.ly/BridgeMichiganNewsletter).鈥澛 by Paula Gardner (Bridge Michigan) Members of the board in charge of Michigan billion-dollar economic development strategy skipped filing just over half of their required […]
Michigan issues new requirements for teaching English learners as feds pull back
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聽(https://bit.ly/BridgeMichiganNewsletter).鈥澛 by Hannah Dellinger, Chalkbeat Detroit (for Bridge Michigan) As the Trump administration pulls back support for English language learners, Michigan is rolling out new requirements […]
Great Lakes have entered era of extreme temps, study finds
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聽(https://bit.ly/BridgeMichiganNewsletter).鈥澛 by Carlyn Zwarenstein (Bridge Michigan) The Great Lakes, like the rest of the world,聽are dealing with聽a phenomenon of global heating caused聽mostly by fossil fuel聽emissions. In聽an […]
Doctors under pressure as U-M ends gender-affirming care for minors
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聽(https://bit.ly/BridgeMichiganNewsletter).鈥澛 by Robin Erb, Bridge Michigan The University of Michigan doctors will end gender-affirming care for minors under 鈥渆scalating external threats and risks鈥 of civil and […]
As Michigan lawmakers fight, bipartisan transparency and public safety bills flounder
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聽(https://bit.ly/BridgeMichiganNewsletter).鈥澛 by Jordyn Hermani, Bridge Michigan LANSING 鈥 From government transparency reforms to school cell phone bans, major policy initiatives spearheaded by legislative Democrats and Republicans […]
Drug use a growing factor in fatal crashes on Michigan roadways
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聽(https://bit.ly/BridgeMichiganNewsletter).鈥澛 by Mike Wilkinson, Bridge Michigan A growing percentage of Michigan fatal crashes involve drugs, according to new state data showing that one in four traffic […]
Legal battle erupts between Michigan school librarian, activist parent
by Kim Kozlowski (Bridge Michigan) Christine Beachler has loved her 38-year career, mostly as a librarian in Lowell Area Schools, a K-12 school district on the west side of the state. But she found herself the unwitting target of a culture war over book bans that she says has included 鈥渁busive鈥 social media posts, 鈥渙utrageous鈥 […]
As mussels ravage Great Lakes whitefish, Lake Superior survives 鈥 for now
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聽(https://bit.ly/BridgeMichiganNewsletter).鈥澛 by Kelly House, Bridge Michigan ISLE ROYALE 鈥 With no cellphone towers, roads or permanent residents, this wilderness archipelago is about as remote as it […]
Opposition grows to $1.2B supercomputer plan. U-M can鈥檛 鈥榖e trusted,鈥 foes say
Editor’s 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聽(https://bit.ly/BridgeMichiganNewsletter).鈥澛 by Paula Gardner, Bridge Michigan聽 A Washtenaw County community is pushing back on a $1.2 billion national research center initiated by the University of Michigan […]
Report: States like Michigan 鈥榮imply not prepared鈥 for data center water demand
Editor’s 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聽(https://bit.ly/BridgeMichiganNewsletter).鈥澛 by Kelly House, Bridge Michigan Great Lakes states like Michigan risk overtaxing water supplies by rushing to woo hyperscale data centers without closely analyzing whether […]
