The Citizens Research Council predicts ‘severe’ budget challenges from lost taxes and an increased state spending on Medicaid ...

Lauren covers state politics and policy for Bridge Michigan. Prior to joining Bridge's Capitol team, she worked at MLive, ...

Breast milk is going mobile at Michigan’s only women’s prison with a new $500,000 delivery program to babies of incarcerated ...

Covering the intersection of business and policy, and informing Michigan employers and workers on the long road back from coronavirus. Our Michigan Economic Dashboard shows key metrics that show how ...

Citizens cannot do their job of running their government if they don’t know what their public servants are doing.

In-depth reporting on the intersection between public policy and important health topics ‒ such as insurance coverage, hospital admissions, opioid abuse, access to care, medical research and the ...

Potential Michigan ballot proposal would require groups that run political ‘issue ads’ near an election to disclose their ...

Janelle D. James covers breaking news at Bridge Michigan. She joined the staff in January 2023. Previously, she worked as a ...

We should study lower income, higher performing states to see what’s working. What are these states doing that Michigan isn’t ...

Kim covers P-20 education for Bridge Michigan, focusing on issues that impact students and communities across the state. She ...

Eli Newman joined Bridge Michigan as a health reporter in May 2025. A lifelong Michigander with a decade of public radio ...

Launch Michigan board says the next leader ‘must unite Michigan’s often-divided interests to pursue a shared agenda: higher ...