The recent announcement of a $105 million grant to remove I-375 in Detroit is welcome news. Although removing unnecessary freeways won’t undo the legacy of destruction of Black Bottom and other neighborhoods in Detroit,…
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BY ISHKA BIBBLE “Nobody spends somebody else’s money as carefully as he spends his own.” – Milton Friedman “Hey, honey!” I proudly exclaimed to my wife, “Since you put me in charge of paying this…
In rural, suburban and urban communities across Michigan — Mount Clemens, Dearborn, Hillsdale, Iron Mountain, Canton, Hudsonville, Davidson, Lowell, Petoskey, Rochester, Greenville, Royal Oak, Hancock, and Jamestown, among others — there has been an…
The year 2022 is where voters in southeast Michigan showed that they support public transportation. In the August primary, voters in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti and Ypsilanti Township voted to support a millage to expand…
A recent story in Bridge Michigan makes it abundantly clear that outdoor recreation is big business in Michigan. But to keep it that way, the state needs to fully commit to this burgeoning industry by…
This week’s release of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), commonly referred to as the Nation’s Report Card, has unfortunately shown that Michigan students continue to struggle academically relative to their national peers. This…
Amid all the concern over children in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems forced to endure makeshift placements — some even shipped more than a thousand miles away — Michigan has lost sight of…
In 2013, Michigan leaders realized the state’s military veterans were not getting connected to the benefits they earned for their service and created the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency (MVAA) to act as a central coordinating…
The first week of October is National Newspaper Week. While this isn’t the typical holiday that most families celebrate, it does provide a good opportunity to take a moment and recognize all the ways that…
As Lansing prepares itself for yet another turnover in legislators to run state government, allow me to offer some unsolicited advice. Above all, new legislators should break out of their party paradigms and focus on…