The answer to a bad process is to improve the process. The answer is not a one-year statewide moratorium that treats every proposed data center the same. A state that wants next-generation investment cannot behave like it is suspicious of it.
Opinion | Michigan can’t afford a blanket moratorium on data centers
Posted inMichigan Government
Mike Cox drops out of Michigan governor race, endorses John James
The former attorney general says that President Trump’s endorsement of James sealed the deal for the Republican nomination.
Posted inMichigan Government
New unemployment job-search rules take effect in Michigan. What to know
Beginning Sunday, Michiganders receiving unemployment benefits will need to report three work-search activities each week instead of one to remain eligible for benefits.
Posted inMichigan Government
Fact check: Abdul El-Sayed’s record on defund the police; Republican meddling
Bridge fact-checked claims by Haley Stevens and outside groups who’ve accused El-Sayed of benefitting from Republican spending and lying about his support for defunding the police.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Bill would make workforce housing harder to build. Whitmer should veto it
House Bill 6074 is a mistake. Building new housing in Michigan’s lower-income, workforce neighborhoods is already hard. HB 6074 makes it harder. Build-to-rent is not a move away from homeownership. It is the sequence that makes ownership possible again.
Posted inNews Quiz
Bridge Michigan News Quiz, July 17: Wildfires, hot trivia
It’s time for the smoking hot Bridge Michigan News Quiz
Posted inQuality of Life
While others shrink, one southwest Michigan town found a way to boom
Vicksburg made a concerted effort to attract businesses and tourists, and it’s paying big dividends.
Posted inMichigan Government
Fact check: Trump seeks probe of 2020 Muskegon vote registration fraud
President Trump and Republicans want a deeper probe into voter fraud in 2020 in Muskegon. Democrats say the system worked.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Treating poverty to prevent preterm births and newborn deaths
Efforts to prevent preterm birth have focused largely on medical interventions delivered during pregnancy. Flint’s experience suggests that addressing the economic conditions surrounding pregnancy may be as important as addressing its biological complications.
Posted inMichigan Government
Death at Michigan women’s prison ruled suicide. Autopsy points to aspirin
An autopsy released Thursday found that Ashley Hoath, the third of four inmates to die this year at Michigan’s only women’s prison, died by suicide after suffering acute aspirin poisoning.