Larry Joe Campbell and Friends to Perform at Frauenthal Center

Larry Joe Campbell and Friends to Perform at Frauenthal Center

Muskegon – Larry Joe Campbell, best known for his role as Andy in According to Jim and notable appearances in Wedding Crashers, Hall Pass, Pacific Rim, Euphoria, and Mom, invites you to join him for a night of comedy, music, and heartwarming stories at Remember That One Time? An Evening with Larry Joe Campbell and Friends at the Frauenthal Center on December 27 […]

Folk Musicians to Perform at Muskegon Museum of Art

Folk Musicians to Perform at Muskegon Museum of Art

Tribune Wire – The Muskegon Museum of Art will host Folk musicians and “A Prairie Home Companion” stars, Robin and Linda Williams. The duo are closing in on a five-decade career that has included 24 albums, thousands of concerts on three continents, a Robert Altman directed film, hundreds of performances on NPR’s “A Prairie Home […]

Michigan admits underreporting 200K+ COVID-19 cases, many during worst wave

Michigan admits underreporting 200K+ COVID-19 cases, many during worst wave

Michigan underreported tens of thousands of new weekly infections during the worst wave of the COVID-19, an error that state officials didn’t correct until last month. The Michigan Department of Health and Humans Services in October revised the onset date of roughly 200,000 COVID-19 infections and acknowledged to Bridge Michigan that, prior to those changes, […]

Michigan Dems want to overhaul sex ed, allow schools to distribute condoms

Michigan Dems want to overhaul sex ed, allow schools to distribute condoms

Michigan schools that teach sex education would be required to provide instruction about consent, contraceptives and “all legally available pregnancy outcomes” under overhaul legislation introduced this week by House Democrats. The sweeping proposal would also lift a longstanding ban on distributing condoms at schools and require sex ed instruction to be “medically accurate,” age-appropriate, and “trauma-informed” without […]

‘Dark money’ helped Democrats dominate Michigan Supreme Court races

‘Dark money’ helped Democrats dominate Michigan Supreme Court races

LANSING — “Dark money” helped Democratic nominees grow their ideological advantage on the Michigan Supreme Court last week, according to a Bridge Michigan analysis of campaign finance records. Groups that do not disclose donors had spent more than $5 million on the races through late October, topping the combined $4 million raised by the four […]

Michigan Veteran Homes Announces Giving Trees to Benefit Veteran Members

Michigan Veteran Homes Announces Giving Trees to Benefit Veteran Members

LANSING — Michigan Veteran Homes at Chesterfield Township (MVHCT) has raised their Veterans Giving Tree for the holiday season. Each star on the tree represents a gift requested by a veteran member or a life enrichment gift that would improve the quality of life for a group of veterans. All gifts bought for veteran members […]

U-M policy scholar: Israeli invasion of Lebanon worsens ongoing crises

U-M policy scholar: Israeli invasion of Lebanon worsens ongoing crises

The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah is nearly four decades old. Hezbollah emerged in response to Israel’s invasion of Lebanon in 1982. Since that time, Hezbollah and Israel have repeatedly engaged in battles and conflicts of varying degrees and intensity, most notably in 2006 when Hezbollah is largely viewed as having defeated Israel. Recently, Israel […]

MSU expert: Can schools stop students from praying?

MSU expert: Can schools stop students from praying?

EAST LANSING— School prayer has been an issue facing school districts for decades. Cases have arisen in the lower courts in which public school educators or students have wanted to pray in various contexts and, as a result, the courts created a reasonably helpful — albeit far from perfect — set of tests and factors […]

Majority of local officials in Michigan lack confidence in ‘red-flag law’ aimed at reducing gun violence

Majority of local officials in Michigan lack confidence in ‘red-flag law’ aimed at reducing gun violence

A majority of local government and law enforcement officials in Michigan say they lack confidence the state’s new “red-flag law” aimed at reducing gun violence will do so, according to a University of Michigan survey. Further, those officials expressed concern that local law enforcement officers may not yet have sufficient training to know when an […]

Local Communities Urged to Contact Legislators to Oppose House Bills 6108-6111

Local Communities Urged to Contact Legislators to Oppose House Bills 6108-6111

DEERFIELD, MI – The Michigan Legislature continues to usurp local control in their newly introduced legislation, House Bills 6108-6111, which would remove local jurisdiction over the mining of sand and gravel operations. The bill package includes provisions that would override local ordinances, impose state-level regulations, and shift decision-making power away from locally elected officials to Lansing. […]

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