Michigan lawmakers are considering a House budget proposal that would save $19.5 million on paper but could ultimately cost the state far more by forcing child-care small businesses to close, pushing ...

Swartz Creek Community Schools is weighing another $40 million offer for Morrish Elementary. The unsolicited bid comes as economic developers use taxpayer money to assemble a massive megasite. (Jeff ...

A new federal program will enable some Medicare Part D beneficiaries to obtain pricey weight loss drugs at just $50 a month. (Kristen Norman for Bridge) Some Medicare beneficiaries will be able to get ...

Rx Kids, an infant and maternal health program, says it’s still eligible for state funds omitted from next year’s budget. A top House official says no way.

Northeast Michigan is known as the ‘sunrise side’ of the state along the Lake Huron shore. When it comes to state business-support spending, the 11 county region from I-75 to the shore was promised ...

Abdul El-Sayed, pictured at a March campaign stop, frequently references his work in public health on the campaign trail. (Brayan Gutierrez for Bridge Michigan) In stump speeches, debates and ...

This coverage is made possible in part through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Some groups that do research and collect data on the Great Lakes face ...

Concrete warnings against spitting still dot some Marquette sidewalks, remnants of an early 20th-century public health campaign to curb the spread of tuberculosis. (Courtesy of the Marquette Regional ...

When Eli Savit won the Democratic Party’s endorsement for attorney general earlier this year, he told reporters his focus was on running a campaign all Michiganders could support. “If you agree or ...

Hundreds of demonstrators hold signs outside Romulus City Hall on Feb. 23, 2026, during a rally opposing a proposed US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility. (Brayan Gutierrez for ...

Lisa Werth works with a student in her closet-sized office at Sanborn Elementary, south of Alpena. Werth is a supervisor in a program that has lowered chronic absenteeism in some northern Michigan ...

It’s another beautiful week in this gorgeous state. So there’s no better time for the Bridge Michigan News Quiz, 10 questions about the week that was in Michigan. You know the drill: Score 100%, email ...