Lawmakers condemned the alt-right, and question the president’s statement about violence in Virginia.
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Bridge’s mission is to inform Michigan citizens about their state, amplify their views and explore the challenges of our civic life.
Posted inUrban Affairs
Share your 1967 recollections and attend showing of documentary on Detroit uprisings
Additional showings of “12th and Clairmount,” a documentary produced by the Detroit Free Press in collaboration with Bridge and WXYZ-TV, have been scheduled as the 50th anniversary of the unrest of 1967 approaches.
Posted inTalent & Education
Retraction: A Bridge story on a student accepted at Harvard turns out to be a hoax
Bridge recently published the inspirational story of a low-income Detroit student who overcame steep odds to win acceptance to Harvard. It turns out, Bridge discovered, the acceptance letter was fabricated.
Posted inMichigan Government
Bridge explains how a Legionnaires’ outbreak led to this week’s stunning manslaughter charges
Bridge Magazine reveals how government officials and a major Flint hospital initially failed to alert the public about an outbreak of deadly Legionnaires’, and why the disease’s death count is likely much higher.
Posted inThe Center for Michigan
Which bubble are you in? Switch for a week.
If you typically get your news from sources in one of the columns below, try switching to sources from the other column for one week: Fox News Homepage Facebook Twitter Washington Times Homepage Facebook Twitter National Review Homepage Facebook Twitter The Daily Caller Homepage Facebook Twitter Rush Limbaugh Homepage Facebook Twitter Red State Homepage Facebook […]
Posted inBusiness Bridge
A guide to Michigan’s leading business groups (slideshow)
What does big business want in Michigan? Who are the major players? Here’s a quickie primer on the state’s leading industry groups and their publicly stated wish lists.
Posted inBusiness Bridge
How big business spends its money in Lansing
To measure one way in which the business community can influence lawmakers, we analyzed the campaign contributions of 15 leading business advocacy groups.
Posted inUrban Affairs
The Detroit uprising: 50 years later
July 22, 1967 – It’s been 50 years since the uprising
Posted inBusiness Watch
Snyder’s former budget chief points to Michigan’s way forward
A Q-and-A with John Nixon, Gov. Rick Snyder’s lauded budget guru before he left in 2014.
Posted inBusiness Watch
How Bridge Magazine compared state tax burdens
State-by-state comparisons of tax rates and tax burden are notoriously difficult. There are dozens of ways for state and local governments to tax citizens, workers, businesses, goods and services. Every state economy is different. So, every state tax system is different. Florida doesn’t have a state income tax – instead it charges a higher sales tax […]
