A new statewide program aims to intervene with children exposed to drugs or violence to help them become healthy, capable adults
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About 1 in 5 children in Michigan live in poverty. Bridge will explore the reasons behind this disturbing result and the ideas to address it.
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A Mexican immigrant’s past was no big deal in California. But deportable once he moved to Michigan.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday on whether the man, convicted of having sex with his underage girlfriend, should be allowed back into the U.S.
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Soaring pneumonia deaths in Genesee County likely linked to undiagnosed Legionnaires’, experts say
Pneumonia was blamed for 177 deaths over two years. Experts say Legionnaires’ was likely the culprit in some of the deaths, but patients were never tested. The county is now requiring such testing.
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Revision to ‘Kevin’s Law’ means quicker treatment for the mentally ill
With about 300,000 Michigan adults with serious mental illness, the changes allow judges to order outpatient treatment more quickly, before a crisis
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One year later, a brighter holiday for homeless EMU students
Last Christmas, Ramone Williams was living out of a van. Today, he’s a college graduate with an office job, and the inspiration for a communitywide effort to help the homeless.
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How Michigan ‘games’ the welfare-to-work system
Michigan is among states that spend the lowest percentage of welfare dollars on services intended to help struggling people rejoin the workforce. Its strategy: Finding creative ways to relabel other budget items as welfare spending.
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For most students, the nurse won’t see you now
Michigan has fewer school nurses than almost any state. Some districts are getting creative to try to solve the problem
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Beyond bottled water: Huge checks, slow progress test patience in Flint
Delivering pallets of water was the easy part. Now it gets messy, as various players jockey for position, balance competing interests and struggle with plans to repair the city and its people after a crisis like no other.
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Think America doesn’t give a damn about Flint? 15,000 donors disagree
15,000 donations have poured in to help Flint kids battling lead poisoning. One-dollar bills and five-figure checks arrive almost daily from schoolchildren and prison inmates, elderly widows and romance writers. Here are a few of their stories
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Program busing Flint workers to distant jobs holds promise across state
More resources are being sought for transportation that recently doubled the number of Flint-area residents hired and bused to jobs in Livingston County.