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2 days ago | 
bridgemi.com | Ron French
Patmos Library is closed temporarily after the majority of its staff resigned last weekThe library has been the focal point of a long-running battle over LGBTQ-themed booksThe Ottawa County library is one of several around the state embroiled in culture war fightsJAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP — A few feet away from the children’s section of the Patmos Public Library, adults argued Monday over who are the better Christians.
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1 week ago | 
bridgemi.com | Ron French
Michigan universities and hospitals are likely to lose at least $200 million in research funding due to federal cutsSuch cuts leave at least one cancer researcher feeling ‘gutted.’Universities have pitched in to help researchers but that help is inadequate and temporaryAt Michigan State University, researcher Jamie Bernard is trying to prevent some of the most aggressive and treatment-resistant forms of breast cancer.
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2 weeks ago | 
bridgemi.com | Ron French
Tens of thousands of federal employees, including some in Michigan, are on administrative leaveThe administration of President Donald Trump hopes to fire the workers to trim the government payrollFor now, those employees are getting full pay and benefits while not allowed to go to their officesLeslie Desmond is a financial analyst for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, with an office in Detroit’s McNamara Federal Building. Or at least she used to. Or maybe she still does.
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2 weeks ago | 
bridgedetroit.com | Ron French |Christine Ferretti
Trump administration reverses course, restores legal status for thousands of international studentsMore than 70 international students at Michigan colleges had been affectedMichigan students who sued had run-ins with law enforcement, but none had been convicted or charged with crimes.
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2 weeks ago | 
bridgemi.com | Ron French
Trump administration reverses course, restores legal status for thousands of international studentsMore than 70 international students at Michigan colleges had been affectedMichigan students who sued had run-ins with law enforcement, but none had been convicted or charged with crimes.
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3 weeks ago | 
bridgemi.com | Ron French
The Trump administration is using police run-ins, even without charges as reasons to revoke student visas At least 70 international students in Michigan and 800 nationally face uncertain futures because of the revocations A Michigan lawsuit attempting to halt the revocations is in federal court Four Michigan college students were marked for possible deportation by the Trump administration because of run-ins with law enforcement, despite a lack of evidence that they were ever charged or...
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3 weeks ago | 
bridgemi.com | Ron French
The child care crisis costs Michigan $2.9 billion annually in turnover, absences and lost taxes Michigan invests more than $1.1 billion a year to early childhood educationA new study suggests state wage supplements for child care workers Michigan’s child care system is in crisis, with families struggling to pay for services and workers fleeing the field because of low wages.
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1 month ago | 
bridgemi.com | Ron French
The freezing of some ‘green’ development grants may put two west Michigan projects on holdDrug recovery housing in Kalamazoo and affordable worker housing in Battle Creek are in limboEnvironmental groups are fighting the funding freeze in courtKALAMAZOO — Two west Michigan housing projects, including one to support those in drug recovery and another for low-income workers, are endangered by funding cuts by the administration of President Donald Trump.
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2 months ago | 
bridgedetroit.com | Ron French |Justin A. Hinkley |Christine Ferretti |Ron French
Food banks could run short on local food soon if federal funding remains frozenAbout $1.7 million in Michigan invoices have been held up so far as part of Trump’s cost-cutting effortsAgencies fear critical shortages if the freeze isn’t resolved soon of the program that began in 2021Flint Fresh Food Hub has a freezer full of beef, blueberries and asparagus from local farmers, and none of it is currently going to feed the hungry.
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2 months ago | 
bridgemi.com | Ron French |Kelly House
The Trump administration announced plans Wednesday to roll back dozens of federal environmental regulations, including auto tailpipe emissions standards If implemented, the policies would slow down the EV transition and allow more pollution from Michigan factories and power plants Details about any new policies weren’t immediately clear; rollbacks would likely face court challenges The Trump administration on Wednesday announced plans for sweeping rollbacks of federal environmental...
