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Mike Rogers, Abdul El-Sayed offer competing visions for US Senate in second and final general election debate Both sought to make the case that their opponent was untrustworthy and was obscuring unsavory parts of their record The candidates were asked abo…

Bridge Michigan held its inaugural Issues Summit on Wednesday at Marygrove Conservancy in Detroit Panels drew from the newsroom’s yearlong reporting initiative, Bridge Listens, and were moderated by Bridge reporters Topics included health, education, the…

Democratic US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers will meet for their second and final debate Wednesday night in Detroit.

Two Michigan school districts were closed Wednesday amid a shelter-in-place order in Toledo, Ohio, where a ruptured chemical tank billowed a white plume into the air and forced evacuations due to the potentially toxic leak and the possibility of an explos…

Russia on Wednesday freed an American who had been jailed for more than four years on charges of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine, in a deal completed during a visit by a top U.S. envoy and at a time when President Donald Trump has taken a series of act…

About 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees were cut nationwide as the Trump administration investigates fraud in the federal healthcare marketplace As a result, 955 ACA enrollees in Michigan had their plans canceled, while another 1,372 are under review…

Michigan voters have questions.

The Issues Summit is sold out but watch the afternoon event here for free Bridge reporters will lead discussions with experts about top issues identified by readers Panels include conversations about K-12 education, healthcare, energy and data centers and…

US Senate candidates Mike Rogers and Abdul El-Sayed addressed Detroit-area business leaders Tuesday The two candidates shared their views on tariffs, taxes, artificial intelligence and other economic issues El-Sayed and Rogers will face off Wednesday in s…

Hundreds of miles of new transmission lines are planned across northern and mid-Michigan Tens of millions of power customers could benefit from more reliable electricity, backers say, but many of the tens of thousands of landowners in the path of the lines

About 1 in 4 adults care for a loved one in the United States, putting pressure on an already strained system Now, many are turning to artificial intelligence to try to lighten the load and seek answers But the technology is posing questions about equity,…

The Trump administration has reinterpreted two words in the Endangered Species Act in ways that advocates say puts Michigan species at risk The business community says the changes could help with development while still protecting the environment Michigan…

Vital jobs in Michigan local governments are vacant because too few are willing to run for office.

Michigan US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed said he “absolutely” disavows the Muslim Brotherhood in testy town hall back-and-forth Republican Mike Rogers, President Donald Trump and other El-Sayed critics have attempted to link him to the group Rogers and…

Abdul El-Sayed is claiming that license plate readers are proliferating ‘thanks to Mike Rogers’ Mike Rogers was a big proponent of government surveillance and helped extend the Patriot Act in 2011 But a long line of votes and community decisions helped gr…

WEST BLOOMFIELD — For many voters in Michigan, the U.S.

President Donald Trump will rally Michigan supporters in St.

The Oct. 28 virtual discussion will cover the upcoming midterm elections Panelists include Bridge Michigan’s Capitol team Participants can ask questions of Bridge Michigan reporters during the discussion on Zoom Bridge Michigan’s Issues Watch returns Oct.…

Abdul El-Sayed, other Democrats are outraising Republicans across key federal races in Michigan When factoring in outside spending from super PACs and dark money groups, spending often shifts in Republican’s favor The US Senate race between El-Sayed and R…

A study found Mount Curwood is 4.7 inches taller than Mount Arvon, Michigan’s official natural high point No government agency has officially recognized the study’s claim about Michigan’s highest peak Some highpointers are hiking both summits while the di…

LANSING — The amount of ice on the Great Lakes has declined rapidly over the past four decades, but a warming climate might not be the only explanation for freezing fluctuations during the last century.

Republican Mike Rogers accused Democrat Abdul El-Sayed of wanting to ban gas-powered vehicles El-Sayed backed the Green New Deal’s clean-energy goals but has denied wanting to ban gas-powered cars In 2016, El-Sayed said he ‘probably’ agreed with the argum…

Anthony Forlini and Garlin Gilchrist traded accusations of election denialism in a lively debate between the secretary of state nominees Gilchrist promised to resist federal intervention in elections as the state’s ‘chief privacy officer’ Forlini said his…

Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed sparred in Grand Rapids for the first head-to-head general election debate The two candidates butted heads on the war in Iran, tariffs, their respective records and ties to outside groups Rogers and El-Sa…

The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) wants to eliminate a state rule designed to protect students while certain special education complaints are investigated.

EAST LANSING — Frankie Llerandi, 21, has been unable to land a single internship in his three years at Michigan State University.

Frustrations over election conspiracy theories sparked the resignation of an award-winning township clerk The clerk encourages those who are suspicious about vote rigging to attend a tabulator accuracy test Those tests are held in every community in Michi…

Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers will debate Thursday night in Michigan’s closely watched US Senate race.

Republican Anthony Forlini and Democrat Garlin Gilchrist will debate this evening as they compete to be Michigan’s next Secretary of State.

This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access.

It’s been one year since tribes began reintroducing Arctic grayling to northern Michigan rivers So far, none of the fish have been recaptured in the wild, but biologists remain hopeful their efforts will succeed Flooding, ice storms and warming waters from

As he criticizes US prescription drug prices, Democrats say Republican Mike Rogers voted against allowing cheaper imports from Canada As a member of the US House, Rogers voted at least four times against drug reimportation proposals that aimed to lower co…

DETROIT — Every Monday, Ricky Blanding drives his Ford Ranger pickup truck around Detroit along a carefully planned route.

Jocelyn Benson and John James squared off in the first of two Michigan gubernatorial debates Benson, for the first time, called for a suspension of Michigan’s gas tax to provide relief to motorists James said he would not push for a statewide moratorium on

Several Michigan postsecondary institutions have been on national monitoring lists for years, but the current landscape around higher education has put more financial pressure on colleges Most of the postsecondary schools that are currently being monitored

Democrat Jocelyn Benson and Republican John James are set to debate Thursday evening as they compete to be Michigan’s next governor.

Eaton County Prosecutor Doug Lloyd, a Republican, says he has the necessary experience to be Michgian’s next attorney general Lloyd has repeatedly won in the purple county and says he’s more moderate than Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit, a Democrat…

Republican gubernatorial candidate John James says Michigan needs ‘accountability’ in education system Mississippi Gov.

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An ice storm in March 2025 destroyed 3 million acres of forest in Michigan, ripping the tops off trees across 12 Up North counties Federal aid for foresters has been slow to arrive as requests for the primary recovery assistance program have exceeded the…

In 2012, Abdul El-Sayed wrote an essay critiquing research funding allocations based on lobbying El-Sayed cited breast cancer research, calling it important but noting it is not as fatal as other cancers Republican rival Mike Rogers is using the essay aga…

Former President Barack Obama will campaign in Michigan with Jocelyn Benson and Abdul El-Sayed Oct. 24 The candidates will rally with Obama in Detroit, where El-Sayed struggled in the Democratic primary The visit is part of Obama’s nationwide push to boost

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is rebuffing an appeal from a Michigan woman fighting a school district’s ban on shirts with the phrase “Let’s Go Brandon,” a jab at then-President Joe Biden with a coded reference to profanity.

One fourth of students are ‘college ready’ according to SAT results released last month All high school juniors are required to take the test in Michigan Look up your local district with our tool Michigan’s college readiness rate is down from a decade ago,

25.3% of Michigan high school juniors are college ready based on their SAT scores College readiness, as measured by the test, has decreased in the last decade School leaders say Advanced Placement courses, dual enrollment and career tech courses are also…

LANSING – As the seasons change and brisk weather rolls in, Michigan residents prepare for winter, but so do other, smaller community members – and they can sometimes be heard scurrying inside the walls.

Get that donut out of your mouth, Michigan!

Michigan’s US Senate race between Mike Rogers, Abdul El-Sayed on pace to be the most expensive election in state history There’s been more than $205 million in disclosed spending in the race so far, without undisclosed dark money likely raising the total…

Michigan Senate moves to overhaul dam safety laws following years of debate The measures would boost flood control standards and increase inspections One more procedural vote is necessary before the measures move to Gov.

Human trafficking survivors joined GOP attorney general candidate Doug Lloyd to call out opponent Eli Savit’s position on sex work As Washtenaw County prosecutor, Savit decriminalized consensual sex work but still prosecutes human trafficking Survivors say