Bridge Magazine recognizes 44 high schools across the state earning top marks for preparing students for college or career succes
Mike Wilkinson
Mike has been a reporter for Bridge Michigan since 2013 and focuses on data-assisted reporting, often finding stories by analyzing maps and data sets and has created Bridge's dashboards on COVID-19, the state's economy and Michigan's elections. He held similar positions at The Detroit News and The Blade of Toledo. A native of Michigan, Mike grew up in Macomb County, graduated from the University of Michigan and started his reporting career in New Baltimore before his career took him to Illinois, Tennessee and Ohio. You can reach him at mwilkinson@bridgemi.com
Posted inBusiness Watch
With gas prices falling, should the state start collecting taxes for roads now?
November's tortuous road-funding deal called for a raise in gas taxes beginning next year to help repair crumbling roads. But why not raise taxes this year, when gas prices are cheap, easing the tax burden in 2017? Lansing, that’s why
Posted inChildren & Families
Far from Flint, lead remains an irreversible scourge
Lead poisoning rates have dropped dramatically in Michigan over the past decade. But in many cities and towns, child exposure rates far exceed those in Flint.
Posted inUrban Affairs
Tracking progress in Detroit police response times a fool’s errand
Detroit touts huge reductions in police response times as evidence the city is keeping residents safer since the days before bankruptcy. But records obtained by Bridge show that grading the department’s gains is nearly impossible.
Posted inTalent & Education
Universities want more money. Snyder wants more innovation.
A college degree is more critical, yet more expensive, for Michigan families. At a Center for Michigan summit Monday, the governor and university chiefs clashed over how to make college more affordable.
Posted inTalent & Education
How one Nebraska school cut dangerous drinking by a third
Game day: Bridge looks at college drinking DAY 1 A Game Day diary In campus hospitals, beds full of drinking casualties Stone-cold sober on game day? It really happens Slideshow: UofM game day drinking Slideshow: MSU game day drinking DAY 2 What we can do to reduce extreme college drinking How one Nebraska school cut […]
Posted inTalent & Education
Residents like these programs to reduce college costs
Michigan residents are intrigued by initiatives to earn free college credit and shave debt burden.
Posted inUrban Affairs
Detroit struggling to create jobs outside of downtown
The city’s so-called ‘jobs desert’ is exacerbated by poor mass transit that makes it difficult for residents in outer neighborhoods to find work. What Mayor Duggan is doing to try to fix the problem.
Posted inQuality of Life
Where to catch the biggest fish in Michigan
The state’s Master Angler program rewards those who catch the biggest everything, from bass to pike, crappie to walleye. But its database also rewards novice anglers.
Posted inUrban Affairs
Could a good deal for Detroit drivers spell the end of Michigan no-fault?
Mayor Mike Duggan’s fight against insanely high auto insurance rates is winning fans in the city. With a skeptical Legislature, though, that may not be enough.
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