Bridge Staff

Detroit’s downtown areas are being transformed by an influx of new people and businesses. Here’s a guide to some key developments.

Hope College and U-M will get most students a degree in four years. Saginaw Valley? Not so much.

How are Detroit's buses running these days? We asked the people who depend on them day after day.

Printed copies of the Center for Michigan’s latest public engagement report, “Michigan Speaks: The citizens’ agenda for the 2014 elections,” will be distributed to approximately 25 public libraries statewide this week. Look for it on your library shelves!

Help us spread the word by sharing printed copies of the 2014 Citizens' Agenda to friends and family.

The Center for Michigan's own John Bebow was a guest on Detroit Public Television's MiWeek show to discuss the findings of "Michigan Speaks." Watch the complete interview here...

Education policy carries its own jargon, with some of the lexicon more accessible than others. Here are some commonly used terms in the school funding debate.

Learn what more than 5,000 diverse Michiganders from across the state said they want from their elected representatives in 2014.

Staff writers and contributors received awards for investigative and feature work in 2013.

Michigan residents have an urgent list of new priorities for Michigan’s future. They know what they want the candidates’ focus to be in this year’s statewide election. Read Bridge on Tuesday, May 6 for all the details. More than 5,000 diverse statewide residents participated in the Center for Michigan’s latest public engagement campaign in the past six months. Read what they have to say on May 6. It’s must reading for any engaged citizen or any candidate for governor, legislature or local office.