Fact check: What Jocelyn Benson really said about Trump’s tax bill This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan (bridgemi.com), a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. To get regular coverage from Bridge Michigan, sign up for a free Bridge Michigan newsletter here by Miles MacClure for Bridge Michigan, Bridge Michigan October 9, 2026 Pro-John James […]
Fact check: Gilchrist, Forlini spar over election denialism in SOS debate This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan (bridgemi.com), a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. To get regular coverage from Bridge Michigan, sign up for a free Bridge Michigan newsletter here by Simon D. Schuster, Bridge Michigan October 8, 2026 Anthony Forlini and Garlin […]
Fact check: Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers debate Trump, tariffs, war, more This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan (bridgemi.com), a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. To get regular coverage from Bridge Michigan, sign up for a free Bridge Michigan newsletter here by Lauren Gibbons, Bridge Michigan October 8, 2026 Republican Mike Rogers and […]
LANSING — Three decades ago, Kurt Richardson walked the halls of Fairview Elementary School as a third-grader from the crosstown Cranbrook Housing Projects. A self-described “naughty kid,” it was here that he met a teacher who taught him that his choices — not his neighborhood — controlled his destiny. Richardson returned Friday, Oct. 9, to […]
World Space Week, a global recognition of space science featuring “Rocket Revolution” as this year’s theme, is underway and Michiganders can celebrate the state’s ties to exploration in several ways. In 1999, The United Nations General Assembly created World Space Week, annually from Oct. 4-10, in part because Oct. 4 is when, in 1957, Sputnik […]
A Muskegon woman and several inmates are suspected of being part of a smuggling plot at the Baraga Correctional Facility in the western Upper Peninsula, the Michigan Department of Corrections said this week. The MDOC launched the investigation in January after a woman, who said she was there for a visit, used the lobby restroom […]
Democrat Garlin Gilchrist and Republican Anthony Forlini will take the stage Thursday night, Oct. 8, for an hour-long debate at the University of Michigan’s campus as each seeks to become Michigan’s next Secretary of State. As part of a debate-packed week in Michigan ahead of the midterm election on Nov. 3, the candidates for Secretary […]
The Michigan DNR this week shared two photos of an unusual gray fox that appears purplish in photos, and said it may be the only one of its kind in the entire Midwest. In a post on Instagram, the DNR shared photos of a melanistic gray fox looking over its right shoulder and standing and […]
LANSING — Republican President Donald Trump called Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed “Mohammed El-Sayed” in an Oct. 7 social media post that was quickly denounced as racist by Arab American leaders in Michigan. Trump’s message on Truth Social came a day before El-Sayed, who is Muslim and a former public health official, was to […]
Meijer has taken the top spot in customer satisfaction among convenience stores, according to a recent national ranking. The Grand Rapids-based retailer’s score rose 5% to 82 in the 2026 American Customer Satisfaction Index Convenience Store Study, up from 78 last year when it ranked at No. 9. The improvement for Meijer comes as national […]