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Bridge Michigan’s year-end fundraising campaign is happening now! As we barrel toward 2025, we are crafting our strategy to watchdog Michigan’s newly elected officials, launch regional newsletters to better serve West and North Michigan, explore Michigan’s great outdoors with our new Outdoor Life reporter, innovate our news delivery and engagement opportunities, and much more!

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Watch Bridge’s Lunch Break discussion on high water levels in Michigan

If you missed Tuesday’s Lunch Break discussion on what high water levels mean for Michigan, we’ve got your back.

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We recorded our Zoom conversation, where we were joined by special guests John LaMacchia, Assistant Director of State & Federal Affairs for the Michigan Municipal League, Richard Norton, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Michigan, and Melissa Wiatrolik, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians. Environment reporter Kelly House moderated this engaging discussion and more than 130 Bridge readers tuned in, asking many important questions that our guest speakers answered in real time.

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We’ll be holding our next Lunch Break discussion next week! On Oct. 8, we’re hosting a Zoom discussion on the ins and outs of the November election. Register for the event here.

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