Michigan regulators heard arguments on restricting factory farm pollution on Friday
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 Eli Newman (Bridge Michigan) The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) held a public hearing Friday on a policy that could shape pollution […]
Michigan expunged a refugee criminal record. He may be deported anyway
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). by Lauren Gibbons (Bridge Michigan) Aside from the refugee camp in Thailand where he was born after the Vietnam War, Michigan is the only home St. Johns […]
Michigan homeless camp crackdowns leave some 鈥榡ust trying to survive鈥
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 The radio is silent in Greg Pratt van, but that doesn鈥檛 mean it quiet as dozens of styrofoam containers filled […]
For one Michigan clerk, this week 鈥榖oring鈥 election was an opportunity
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 Hayley Harding (Votebeat for Bridge Michigan) On one of her two purple phones, Livonia City Clerk Lori Miller has a sticker that proudly proclaims 鈥淚 馃挏 […]
Whitmer meets with Trump, seeks delay on Medicaid change that will cost Michigan
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 Simon D. Schuster (Bridge Michigan) LANSING 鈥 Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer visited President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, lobbying him to delay implementation […]
Michigan awards $87 million for schools to buy proven literacy materials
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 Isabel Lohman (Bridge Michigan) More than 550 public school districts will receive state funds to upgrade their reading curricula and cover the cost of training teachers […]
Michigan Head Start, health programs scramble amid immigration crackdown
by聽Eli Newman (Bridge Michigan) For more than 50 years, Northwest Michigan Health Services has served as a safety net for the uninsured living Up North. The nonprofit organization was founded to serve the region migrant community. It a federally qualified health center system, and its four sites are tasked with helping everyone that comes through […]
Complaints mount as Whitmer waits on vacant Michigan Senate seat
by Jordyn Hermani and Hayley Harding (Votebeat/Bridge Michigan) It been more than 200 days since voters in Michigan 35th District have had a state Senator, prompting growing and bipartisan complaints over Gov. Gretchen Whitmer refusal to call a special election to fill a vacant seat. 鈥淲e鈥檙e being taxed, but we have no representative in the […]
Amid push to grow birth rates, Michigan takes new approach: Cash for moms
by Associated Press (Bridge Michigan) FLINT 鈥 A procession of mothers wearing red sashes, pushing strollers and tending to toddlers made their way Friday to a little festival in Flint, Michigan, where families received diapers and kids played. It was called a 鈥渂aby parade.鈥 The sashes indicated the women were participants of a growing program […]
Breast milk deliveries from Michigan prison benefit babies with moms behind bars
by Janelle D. James聽(Bridge Michigan) Inside Michigan only women prison, some mothers are finding a way to nurture their babies from behind bars 鈥 by pumping breast milk that hand-delivered to their children on the outside. Volunteers with Mama Mobile Milk provide lactation support for women at the Huron Valley Correctional Facility. made their first […]
