The 648,000 Michigan residents who received federal pandemic relief benefits in error will not have to repay the funds if they applied in good faith. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said waivers will be awarded if payments were the state’s error.
One of the state’s signature crops is facing its second year of decline. Growers weighed whether the work of the small harvest would be worth it and experts are wondering what it means for the industry.
Some Michigan school districts are opening full-time, online schools as an alternative to traditional classrooms, on the belief that not all families will want to return to school buildings this year.
One of four Michigan residents are nonwhite. Two of 14 state representatives in Congress are people of color. As district maps get redrawn, advocates seek a greater voice.
Futures for Frontliners gave essential workers in the early months of the COVID pandemic a shot at free community college. Some are on campuses, but many more have yet to complete financial forms that would free them of tuition payments.
On July 29, Bridge Michigan environmental reporter Kelly House will moderate a Zoom discussion with environmental experts on the impacts of climate change in our state and the role of environmental justice in combating its effects
