A new program tests no-cost pre-K in home child care settings. Up until now, students had to attend a school or child care center to qualify for the free option.
Michigan tests expanding free ‘pre-K for all’ to home child-care providers
Posted inOutdoors Life
Trying to get outdoors in Michigan? After floods, still many places to avoid
When the weather warms in Michigan, many people start spending more time outside. But right now, more than 60 recreation spots for hiking, camping, boating and more are closed due to severe flooding.
Posted inThe Center for Michigan
Bridge Michigan wins News Media Publication of Year, sweeps public service awards
Bridge wins 34 awards at Better Newspaper Contest, and senior environment reporter is runner-up for the Richard Milliman Journalist of the Year award for her reporting on the collapse of whitefish in the lower Great Lakes.
Posted inThe Center for Michigan
Bridge Michigan News Quiz, April 24: Trivia fun, all day every day
Are you on top of the news? Prove it by answering these 10 questions about the week’s happenings in Michigan.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Feds order immediate inspection of Cheboygan Dam powerhouse
Potential damage to the dams during last week’s high waters means the risk of dam failure could still exist.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | What Michigan is about to lose
If Planned Parenthood of Michigan is forced to close more health centers or scale back services further, that access does not simply shift elsewhere. It disappears, and the impact will be felt in missed cancer screenings, untreated infections, gaps in birth control access, and delayed care.
Posted inEvents, The Center for Michigan
You’re invited: Bridge Michigan to host first ‘Issues Summit’
Michigan residents have spoken up about what matters most to them headed into this year’s election. Experts, lawmakers and journalists will break down the biggest issues at a free event in October.
Posted inQuality of Life
Groups push ‘dignity in death’ for Michigan’s unclaimed dead
As funeral costs rise, more dead people are going unclaimed in parts of Michigan. In Detroit, students at Wayne State are stepping up to honor them when no one else does.
Posted inMichigan Government
Michigan clerk’s ‘corrective audit’ confuses voters facing cancellation
Victoria Bishop sees her election as a mandate to clean up the voter roll, but voters aren’t sure why they were flagged for removal.
Posted inMichigan Government
Watch: Bridge Michigan reporter talks legislative gridlock on WJR
Michigan’s politically divided Legislature finalized seven bills in the first three months of the year, another historically slow pace. Bridge reporter Jordyn Hermani joined WJR’s Kevin Dietz to discuss.