Tariffs are prompting a historic clockmaker and furniture company to close down in west Michigan, home of a former congressional critic now selling President Trump’s policy on the international stage.
Anna Clark, ProPublica
A guest author for Bridge Magazine.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
Fluoride wars spark raucous debate over water treatment in Michigan county
After decades of fluoridating drinking water to improve public health, some communities are wavering on the practice. In St. Clair County, the medical director is mirroring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts against fluoridation.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
Amid rise of RFK Jr., some Michigan communities ditch fluoride
As federal agencies review their guidance on fluoridation and the nation’s top health official calls fluoride “industrial waste,” state and local governments are pulling back on the practice, upending a decadeslong public health success story.
Posted inMichigan Government
A vexing to-do list for Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer
As the governor, now a rising Democratic star, finishes out her final term, key populist pledges have been unfulfilled and her presidential resume is still being written.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Michigan bottlers still get free water, despite governor’s tough talk
Tough talk followed a public outcry six years ago, but the push for policy reforms and monetary compensation has petered out.