One researcher called the shutdown “a crisis in slow motion” and multiple officials said cuts will worsen if the shutdown drags on.
Paula Gardner
Paula directs the business reporting on Bridge, writing much of it and setting the strategy for how statewide business coverage fits into Bridge’s nonpartisan policy-driven editorial mix. Paula came to Bridge in 2020 after several years at MLive.com, where she covered the state on both business and environmental teams. Prior to that, she was editor of the Ann Arbor News and news director of online startup AnnArbor,com, and also focused on business news as an editor and reporter at Michigan Business Review. Born and raised in metro Detroit, Paula moved to Ann Arbor to attend the University of Michigan, and has lived in the city for 20 years with her husband, who grew up in their neighborhood. Paula also regularly visits East Lansing and Grand Rapids to visit her college-aged children. She can be reached at pgardner@bridgemi.com
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Poll: Tariffs, grocery costs have Michigan residents sweating economy
Economic worries are often split along partisan lines, as is support for President Trump’s tariffs, according to a survey from the Detroit Regional Chamber.
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Michigan megasite plan sparks $40M school uproar after Sandisk exit
Swartz Creek Schools may sell Moorish Elementary for a huge site near Bishop Airport that’s being assembled with state tax dollars, even after the collapse of a semiconductor deal. The proposal has led to months of acrimony in Genesee County.
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Michigan legislators kill Gretchen Whitmer’s $2B cash-for-jobs program
After years of underwhelming returns, the Strategic Operating and Attraction Reserve is no more. The program was designed to lure mega companies but so far has created far fewer jobs than promised.
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Michigan church shooting: Victims identified, remembered
Bridge Michigan will update this story as it verifies the identities of those killed and injured in the attack.
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Grand Blanc pledges kindness, unity after ‘horrible evil’ of church shooting
In a community reeling from bloodshed on Sunday, Tuesday brought messages of togetherness, even forgiveness.
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Moments after Michigan church attack, a race to save lives: ‘I need you now’
Scores of first responders rushed to a Michigan church on Sunday after a mass shooting and fire. Dispatch recordings show how the urgency grew by the minute as crews tried to find six children in the smoke-filled church.
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United in tragedy, Oxford and Rochester Hills offer lessons to Grand Blanc
The Genesee County suburb joins a sad list of Michigan communities that have to recover from mass shootings. ‘The aftermath gets harder,’ Oxford’s police chief says.
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Michigan church shooting: Gunman was former Marine, Iraq veteran, hunter
Police have not released a motive about the gunman, who was shot and killed by police. Online records indicate he’s a former Marine whose father was ‘very proud’ of his service.
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Michigan church shooting: Trump, Whitmer, others condemn violence
President Donald Trump, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and others called for an end to violence after at least two people were killed at a Grand Blanc Township church.