Critics say locking up criminal defendants before trial because they can’t post bond screws the poor while needlessly raising jail costs borne by taxpayers. Is there a better way?
Michigan Government
Citizens cannot do their job of running their government if they don’t know what their public servants are doing.
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Six ways Tuesday’s election may change Michigan
From health insurance costs to road repairs to Rick Snyder losing the last of his mojo, Tuesday’s election is likely to have a huge impact on the Michigan Legislatur
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Dewey defeats Truman 2.0, and why so many pollsters were blindsided by Trump
Polling is scientific – really. But its accuracy depends on skillful practices, which can be constrained by outside pressures like time and money.
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State House bill takes partisanship out of some primaries
Why do we require local sheriffs, prosecutors and clerks to declare a party affiliation in the primaries? One U.P. representative lobbies to end this practice in a Bridge Q-and-A.
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Rural Michigan thumbs nose at Clinton, backs Trump
Donald Trump steamrolled Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton in midsize to smaller counties across the state, flipping many that voted for President Obama in previous campaigns.
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Got polling fever? Five points for surviving until the election results tonight
Anxiety-inducing polls are driving Americans to the edge. One expert explains how today’s polls work – and don’t work – and how best to read them
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How accurately have polls predicted the presidential race
Individual polls can vary to a maddening degree, but the average of final national polls tallied at the RealClearPolitics.com website has been fairly accurate in the past three presidential elections
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Trump or Clinton in Mitten? What past elections tell us
How Michigan may play a pivotal role in presidential election: It could be firewall for Clinton or the fulcrum of a Trump shocker
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Promised water infrastructure investment comes only in drips
Remember when Flint’s crisis had everybody calling for upgrades to pipes and mains? That’ll be very expensive, and the new Great Lakes Water Authority has lots of other problems to address
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In Lansing, where potentially self-serving votes run ‘rampant’
Michigan’s failure to pass a conflict-of-interest law allows legislators to cast votes even when they appear to have a financial interest.