WITH NEARLY 10 MILLION PEOPLE … : Each day, countless Michigan residents go about their routine business – but in the process do some far from routine things. Bridge will regularly feature some of their stories and the impact they are having on our state. (Bridge illustration/A.J. Jones) DETROIT — Notes on the family fridge […]
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Posted inPeter Luke: Eye on the Capitol
Worldview embodied by Agema, Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban headed for history’s trash heap
Peter Luke was a Lansing correspondent for Booth Newspapers for nearly 25 years, writing a weekly column for most of that time with a concentration on budget, tax and economic development policy issues. He is a graduate of Central Michigan University. The ravings on Dave Agema’s Facebook page only seek to justify discrimination, a losing […]
Posted inLand O Links
Land O Links
*Does the state of Michigan own too much land? Bridge posed a variant of that question last summer in its award-winning package “Land Wars.” Brad Garmon of the Michigan Environmental Council provides his answer: Nope. *Look out, more people are discovering the charms of visiting Michigan: “Visitation to the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore grew nearly […]
Posted inPhil's Column
Philanthropic groups step up to lead Michigan’s urban revival
Phil Power is founder and chairman of the Center for Michigan. There’s no doubt that one of Michigan’s biggest stories this year is Gov. Rick Snyder’s decision to put Detroit under an emergency manager, and put attorney Keyvn Orr in that post. But Detroit is far from the first or only city in the state […]
Posted inMichigan Government
Group aims to make voting cool in Detroit
At 27, Allison Kriger knows why many people her age choose to live in Detroit, but not necessarily vote there. As a Bridge story pointed out last month, expensive auto-insurance rates drive many residents to conceal their true addresses from their insurers, and fail to register to vote at their Detroit addresses. But Kriger, an attorney […]
Posted inBrunch with Bridge
Don’t dredge away nature fund’s value
When I moved from Northern Virginia after a stint in the Army about three years ago, I wanted to live back home in rural Michigan. Commuting bumper-to-bumper into Washington, D.C., was not how I envisioned my adult years. SETTING UP: Astronomy fans prepare to view the transit of Venus during an event at Emmet County’s […]
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Detroiters pay price for their lack of diligence
A LITTLE LATE: Detroiters, through their neglect of civic duties, are in a poor position to complain about the appointment of an emergency manager or the actions he takes, argues Karen Dumas. (courtesy photo/used under Creative Commons license) The city of Detroit has become a glaring example of what happens when citizen engagement and voter […]
Posted inSuccess
Bridge sweeps online news category in Detroit SPJ contest
Bridge Magazine swept the online general news category in the Society of Professional Journalists Detroit Chapter’s Excellence in Journalism contest for 2012. In its first year of competition in the contest, Bridge garnered first-, second- and third-place awards for news coverage. Winners were announced April 17 at an event in Troy. Ron French Senior […]
Posted inGuest Commentary
Guest commentary: Money Smart Week starts with 10 top tips for families
By Kelly Masters/ Money Smart Week chairwoman Of all the issues we currently face, few have greater potential to cause harm to individuals and communities than the consequences associated with poor financial decision-making. Kelly Masters is owner of Graceful Communications and chairwoman of the Federal Reserve Bank Money Smart Week in Michigan. When this occurs […]
Posted inTalent & Education
Michigan isn’t properly monitoring schools, education group says
Increasing school choice doesn’t help students, if the new options are bad. All too often, that’s been the case in Michigan recently with charter schools and cyber-schools, claims a new report by the reform group Education Trust-Midwest. CLICK TO ENLARGE The report to be released today, “Invest in What Works: A Call to Michigan Leaders,” lays […]
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