Great Lakes scientists discover new lifeform microbe, name it ShipGoo1
by Emilio Perez Ibarguen (Bridge Michigan) When a team of scientists and sailors studying Lake Erie algae blooms docked their ship in Cleveland last autumn, they expected a short stop to fix a noisy rudder. Instead, they discovered a new life form aboard the research vessel R/V Blue Heron. Grease that oozed from the rudder […]
Michigan gives boost to summer boating with $3.8M for local marina projects
by Janelle D. James (Bridge Michigan) Just in time for summer, several Michigan communities are receiving state funding to upgrade their public boating facilities and expand recreational boating opportunities. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced this month it has聽awarded聽$3.8 million to 11 communities聽for a dozen projects, including dock upgrades, marina repairs, engineering studies and […]
Michigan officials made Minnesota shooter list. Some want home address shield
by Jordyn Hermani (Bridge Michigan) Michigan lawmakers are considering changes to state disclosure laws to hide the personal addresses of elected officials in the wake of an alleged聽politically motivated weekend shooting聽in Minnesota. Authorities say the suspected shooter, who killed a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband after injuring two others at their homes on Saturday, had […]
Iconic whitefish on edge of collapse as Great Lakes biodiversity crisis deepens
by Kelly House聽 (Bridge Michigan) LELAND 鈥 Locals and tourists alike flock to The Cove restaurant for Great Lakes whitefish, served 10 ways with a view of the docks where fishermen have hauled in Lake Michigan bounty for nearly two centuries. 鈥淲hy get something else?鈥 said Bob Hasse, a lifelong Michigander who visits the place […]
Fact check: Kristi Noem, Trump allies warn of 鈥榥orthern border crisis鈥 at Michigan event
by Lauren Gibbons (Bridge Michigan) Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and fellow Trump administration officials are 鈥渘ot letting our guard down鈥 at the US-Canada border, she said Friday in Michigan. 鈥淢any more鈥 transnational gang members are now attempting to cross into the country northern border amid ramped-up security at the southern border with Mexico, she […]
Abandoned Michigan cemetery unearths history of segregation 鈥 even in death
by Astrid Code (Bridge Michigan) YPSILANTI 鈥 Historic preservationist Kat Slocum walked across an empty field at the end of a dead-end road, poking a thin, rubber-tipped pole into the scruffy grass and overgrown brush until she hit something hard. She and volunteers dug carefully around the area until a headstone emerged. Sophronia Brock 1900-1961 […]
Michigan nears tornado record
by Jenelle D. Jamesn(Bridge Michigan) A tornado that touched down in Macomb County on Wednesday afternoon was聽the 29th in Michigan this year, the highest number since 2001. The National Weather Service confirmed the tornado struck Fraser just after 1 pm Wednesday near Kelly Road between 14 Mile and 15 Mile. The 29 tornadoes recorded so […]
Back from DC, Michigan GOP leader backs Medicaid, food assistance cuts
by Jordyn Hermani (Bridge Michigan) Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall is 鈥渧ery supportive鈥 of proposed federal spending cuts on Medicaid and food assistance despite the potential budget implications for the state, he said Wednesday following meetings in Washington with members of the Trump administration. 鈥淚鈥檓 not convinced that the Whitmer administration is doing all of […]
Michigan recipients fear food assistance cuts that could cost state $890M
by Jordyn Hermani聽 (Bridge Michigan) LANSING 鈥 Residents and state officials are sounding the alarm over potential cuts to a food assistance program that aids around 1.5 million Michiganders, saying a federal proposal could hurt needy families and cost the state nearly $900 million a year in the process. 鈥淭rying to make ends meet from […]
Should refusing vaccines be a civil right in Michigan? Some lawmakers say yes
by Eli Newman聽&聽Robin Erb (Bridge Michigan) Some lawmakers in Lansing are pushing legislation that would prevent Michigan from enforcing vaccine mandates for school children and force the state to extend civil rights protections to residents who reject immunizations.聽 A聽GOP-led bill聽in the House would amend the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to prohibit discrimination based on 鈥渧accination […]
