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Michigan news: Bridge archive

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Clerks: Michigan needs practical election reforms, not partisan posturing	March 1, 2022	Jonathan Oosting
What Michigan can do as global report details ‘closing window’ on climate	February 28, 2022	Kelly House
It’s pothole season, and Michigan’s are among the nation’s worst, study finds	February 28, 2022	Zahra Ahmad
Democrats fear redistricting could kill Black representation in Detroit	February 28, 2022	Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Opinion \| Forgetting Black history and banning books are horrible ideas	February 28, 2022	Michael Rice
Michigan 4-year graduation rates dropped during the pandemic	February 28, 2022	Ethan Bakuli , Chalkbeat Detroit, Koby Levin, Chalkbeat
New guidance: Most in Michigan can ditch their masks for now	February 25, 2022	Robin Erb
Ann Arbor wants more housing and fewer cars. Is 'unzoning' the answer?	February 25, 2022	Paula Gardner
Who benefits most from tax cut plans from Whitmer, Michigan Republicans?	February 25, 2022	Jonathan Oosting
Marijuana prices plummet in Michigan. Customers are happy, farmers worried	February 25, 2022	Zahra Ahmad
Stressed-out Michigan restaurant workers find mental health help on menu	February 25, 2022	Ted Roelofs
Opinion \| Michigan is dead last in Midwest in college funding. That must change	February 25, 2022	Philomena Mantella
One little girl’s death and Michigan’s falling childhood vaccination rates	February 24, 2022	Robin Erb
Michigan enrollment ticks up, but still down since before pandemic	February 24, 2022	Koby Levin, Chalkbeat
Michigan House GOP proposal: cut state budget to lower taxes	February 24, 2022	Yue Stella Yu
Michigan ballot measure seeks to cap payday loan rates	February 23, 2022	Yue Stella Yu
Judge calls Michigan State University’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate ‘rational’	February 23, 2022	Zahra Ahmad
Lipstick, smiles, anxiety on a Michigan school’s first mask-optional day	February 23, 2022	Isabel Lohman
Ivermectin hovers over COVID ‘Right-to-Try' law passed by Michigan House	February 23, 2022	Robin Erb
Watch Bridge’s Lunch Break about how COVID impacts Michigan K-12 students	February 23, 2022	Amber DeLind, Kathryn Dugal
Line 5's impact on climate change being reviewed as part of tunnel decision	February 23, 2022	Lester Graham, Michigan Public
Bridge’s next Lunch Break will discuss Great Lakes invasive species	February 23, 2022	Kathryn Dugal
Kalamazoo lab filled COVID testing void. As cases wane, it eyes next step.	February 23, 2022	Paula Gardner
Bridge Book Club’s April selection is “The Dockporter”	February 23, 2022	Amber DeLind
Detroit superintendent unlikely to push for staff vaccine mandate terminations	February 23, 2022	Ethan Bakuli , Chalkbeat Detroit
Northern Michigan health director quits, cites anger over mask mandates	February 22, 2022	Ron French, Robin Erb
A Michigan abortion ban could ‘shock’ state politics ahead of 2022 election	February 22, 2022	Jonathan Oosting
Chemicals in Huron River put Flat Rock on alert months after Ford gas leak	February 22, 2022	Kelly House
Michigan needs skilled workers, but lacks enough instructors to train them	February 21, 2022	Ron French
$100M Kalamazoo career tech center shows promise, inequities in Michigan	February 21, 2022	Ron French
Federal watchdog will probe EPA response to Benton Harbor water crisis	February 21, 2022	Kelly House
One Michigan mom rejoices, another worries as school mask mandates lift	February 18, 2022	Robin Erb, Isabel Lohman
University of Michigan team links ‘rogue’ antibodies to COVID blood clots	February 18, 2022	Robin Erb
Whitmer kidnap case: Feds plan avalanche of secret recordings in trial	February 18, 2022	Jonathan Oosting
DNR announces fishing regulations for Michigan’s 2022 season	February 18, 2022	Zahra Ahmad
Experts: Politics, as well as science, fuel Whitmer COVID, mask decisions	February 17, 2022	Mike Wilkinson
Lee Chatfield’s wife comes to his defense, calls sex assault claims ‘false’	February 17, 2022	Jonathan Oosting, Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Michigan troopers execute warrant on Lee Chatfield's brother as part of probe	February 17, 2022	Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Michigan high school seniors crave normality after COVID	February 16, 2022	Isabel Lohman
Michigan redistricting panel sued again. This time, by its own member.	February 16, 2022	Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Michigan is in a hurry to cut taxes. Is a pet food tax exemption next?	February 16, 2022	Zahra Ahmad
Gretchen Whitmer drops mask suggestion, Michigan getting ‘back to normal’	February 16, 2022	Mike Wilkinson, Robin Erb
Michigan unemployment 2021 tax form coming, even as benefit waivers linger	February 16, 2022	Paula Gardner
New report finds Enbridge Line 5 closure will cause little pain to Michigan	February 16, 2022	Zahra Ahmad
U.S. House’s Jan. 6 panel subpoenas ex-Michigan GOP Chair Laura Cox	February 15, 2022	Jonathan Oosting
Michigan lawmakers skirmish over Republican school transparency bill	February 15, 2022	Isabel Lohman
Michigan DNR resists bill to require body cameras for conservation officers	February 15, 2022	Zahra Ahmad
Michigan Senate passes income tax cut. Its path forward is unclear.	February 15, 2022	Yue Stella Yu, Jonathan Oosting
The pandemic isn’t over. What Michigan needs to do if there’s a next wave.	February 15, 2022	Mike Wilkinson
Opinion \| Democracy in Michigan is under attack by GOP petition drive	February 15, 2022	Nancy Wang