*Of all the … the federal government has been giving students money to mess around with experiments in burning animal dung. HELP FROM HOUGHTON: Students at Michigan Tech University used federal grants for research on making cooking fires safer. (courtesy photo/used under Creative Commons license) That’s one way to look at it. Here’s another: Michigan […]
Derek Melot
Derek Melot is a former assistant editorial page editor, columnist and reporter at the Lansing State Journal, where he covered state and local issues extensively, earning awards from the Associated Press and Michigan Press Association. The Oklahoma native moved to Michigan in 1999, and served as Bridge editor through mid-2013.
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(Bridge archive photo) *Not all charter schools in Michigan are alike. Some focus on quality; others focus on marketing to attract parental attention, reports Michigan Radio. This leaves some high-quality charters still struggling to enroll students. *In Indiana, “lawmakers are considering forgiving $12 million in loans that ‘failing’ charter schools accepted from the state. Isn’t this […]
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Bridge readership survey 2013
Bridge will celebrate its second birthday in a few months. As a media “toddler,” we are still learning the best ways to present the most important topics to our readership across Michigan. To that end, we need to learn more about you – our readers. Each year, we survey our readership on a variety of […]
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*Two Michigan suburbs are ranked in the top 10 nationally for offering the best in the way of suburban life. Hint: One is in metro Grand Rapids and one is in metro Detroit. Click through to see if your guess was right. UNCOVERED: Ice coverage of the Great Lakes is on a steady decline, says […]
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*Does the state of Michigan own too much land? Bridge posed a variant of that question last summer in its award-winning package “Land Wars.” Brad Garmon of the Michigan Environmental Council provides his answer: Nope. *Look out, more people are discovering the charms of visiting Michigan: “Visitation to the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore grew nearly […]
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*Michigan Capitol Confidential, an arm of the Mackinac Center, reports that, “For the first time since 2006, the Service Employees International Union is not deducting money from the Medicaid checks of the state’s 59,000 home-based caregivers. James Haveman, director of the Michigan Department of Community Health, confirmed that the money no longer is being taken […]
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TASTY SAVIOR?: An economics blogger argues that Chelsea-based Jiffy Mix can help cure what ails America. (Bridge archive photo) *Jiffy Mix, the purveyor of delicious cornbread and muffin concoctions, has been given quite a responsibility: Save America. In his “7 reasons this muffin mix can save America,” Cory Suter argues: 1. “Jiffy mix sells over […]
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*In “The real problem with law schools: They train too many lawyers,” Eric Posner writes, “The figures are grim, and the human cost is real. Ninety-two percent of 2007 law school graduates found jobs after graduation, with 77 percent employed in a position requiring them to pass the bar. For the class of 2011 (the latest […]
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*With the appointment of Kevyn Orr, Detroit, Pontiac and Flint all are under state emergency managers. Something else the three cities share: They have the three lowest rates of average household incomes among Michigan cities with at least 50,000 residents. Flint’s at the bottom at $24,779; Detroit is next at $26,253; and Pontiac is at […]
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*Michigan’s primary air hub – Detroit – is a great place for travelers to visit, at least based on the specific state and local taxes levied against visitors. Stateline has Detroit as no. 47 (out of 50 locations) in such taxes. Detroit’s single-day travel taxes of $22.37 is only about half of what hits visitors […]
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