After years of underwhelming returns, the Strategic Operating and Attraction Reserve is no more. The program was designed to lure mega companies but so far has created far fewer jobs than promised.| Bridge Michigan
Check here for the latest developments from the church attack in Grand Blanc Township.| Bridge Michigan
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Michigan’s $24.12 billion budget includes universal no-cost K-12 school meals, boosts at-risk funding and includes funding for safety and mental health. School groups said the process was a mess.| Bridge Michigan
New rules required Michigan lawmakers to publicly explain earmark requests for police Tasers, a harvest simulator, art museum upgrades and more.| Bridge Michigan
Days after missing the deadline, Michigan lawmakers finally passed a budget at around 2 am Friday. Here's what's in the $81B spending plan.| Bridge Michigan
The man has been held in custody since August and his wife says he didn't receive medication for 22 days.| Bridge Michigan
Bridge Michigan will update this story as it verifies the identities of those killed and injured in the attack.| Bridge Michigan
Lawmaker says his proposal would improve transparency and turnout. Clerks say it will add costs and confuse voters.| Bridge Michigan
This summer’s budget debacle could be just a warm-up act if Michigan voters were fooled into approving Proposal 1 on the 2026 ballot, which would approve a constitutional convention.| Bridge Michigan
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I ask you to pick up the reins of leadership again. The budget may seem a small step, but every step to a better democracy matters.| Bridge Michigan
The deal allows Consumers to shed the last of its inventory of dams, which once numbered nearly 100. Buyer Confluence Hydro LLC plans to sell electricity back to the utility.| Bridge Michigan
Michigan colleges and universities expecting a significant drop in international students due to Trump administration policies, potentially leading to a $230 million financial impact on the state.| Bridge Michigan
The state denied the Trump administration’s request for personally identifying information, including Social Security numbers.| Bridge Michigan
Climate change is fueling conditions across several states that make watching the corn grow a nail-biter for farmers.| Bridge Michigan
As Michigan’s GOP-led House considers restricting transgender student bathroom use, the Trump administration warns the state it will lose funding if it doesn’t cut ‘gender ideology’ from sex ed materials.| Bridge Michigan
Under federal threat, University of Michigan to end gender-affirming care for patients under age 19. That puts pressure on other doctors, too. ‘I’m not going to jail over this,’ says one.| Bridge Michigan
Federal officials should approve disaster aid for individual homeowners and utilities in the wake of a March ice storm that rocked northern Michigan, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wrote in an appeal to FEMA officials this week.| Bridge Michigan
Cheering for the Au Sable River Canoe Marathon is billed as the toughest spectator sport in America. Kane Madsen has participated for the last 25 years. This year, Bridge Michigan followed along as he stayed up all night.| Bridge Michigan
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Ten years ago, Michigan vowed to become a Top 10 state for education. Since then, it’s outspent many other states and seen diminishing returns amid a revolving door of reforms.| Bridge Michigan