The Michigan House has taken a crucial step toward preventing drug-involved road fatalities. Now it is the Senate’s turn to finish the job. Don’t let another family live like this.
Opinion | Why Michigan must finish the job on roadside oral-fluid testing
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Bridge Lunch Break to discuss new winter bucket list
At the Oct. 29 event, Bridge’s Outdoors Life reporter will reveal our winter bucket list and readers will explain some of the items they submitted.
Posted inMichigan Government
Trump and UAW credit tariffs with Michigan investments, but headaches remain
The UAW is crediting President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imports with recent, massive investments. But other manufacturers report headaches, canceled orders — and uncertainty remains.
Posted inMichigan Government
Sweeping plan would cap Michigan marijuana shops, freeze new applications
Michigan would stop issuing most new marijuana business licenses under sweeping legislation backed by a leading industry group. New dispensaries could not open in communities that already have more than one shop per 10,000 residents.
Posted inMichigan Government
Michigan’s rural flights to continue despite federal shutdown — for now
Michigan’s rural essential air service airports and the airlines that serve them say flights will continue even if funding expires in early November. An extended shutdown could change things.
Posted inMichigan Government
Passenger trains to return to Michigan Central station in Detroit by 2028
The transit hub would be built across the street on land owned by Ford Motor Co. Riders who travel to and from Canada would go through a border checkpoint in Windsor.
Posted inMichigan Government
Short-staffed, untrained, many Michigan townships struggle to control finances
Many rural townships get slammed by their auditors for failing to implement proper controls over their finances.
Posted inBusiness Watch
$13B Stellantis expansion plan includes new jobs for Michigan
Stellantis plans to invest $13 billion over four years to expand manufacturing in the US. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer expects 900 jobs for Michigan as a result.
Posted inMichigan Government
Michigan’s bipartisan budget deal aims to ‘protect’ Medicaid. Here’s how
Michigan is seeking to avoid steep losses in federal funding for Medicaid by changing an insurance provider tax. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says a new state budget will ‘protect access to health care for millions.’
Posted inTalent & Education
Michigan sex ed overhaul plan sparks debate: inclusivity or indoctrination?
In first update since 2007, proposed sex ed standards would encourage Michigan schools to discuss gender identity and expression with students by eighth grade.