Bridge Staff

Slideshow gallery of the 10 Michigan Counties with highest weekly wages in 201

Sawyer is a community carved from a ghost town. More than 20 years after the U.S. Air Force left its base behind, it is an isolated Upper Peninsula outpost in need of jobs, transportation, a grocery store, laundromat, more activities for youth, as well as additional drug treatment for adults

Plenty of Michigan towns and cities lost 30, 40 or even 50 percent of its police force in the past decade

Competing against the metro area’s largest newspapers, the magazine’s “Game Day” project on the perils of college drinking took top honors in its category

The task force, appointed by Gov. Snyder, finds state agencies, including Snyder’s office, were "indifferent" to residents’ concerns. The report is also scathing on impact of emergency management law. Read the full report here.

The governor’s proposed state budget does nothing to correct the state’s dismal performance in funding its communities

The award, named for the late federal judge and solicitor general, honors Michigan journalism that helps the public understand the judicial system

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Bridge breaks it down by party and county, in two interactive maps

The release of additional Snyder administration emails reveals yet more aides to the governor who were alert to potential dangers in Flint’s water long before emergency measures were taken.