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CEO at The Center for Michigan @BridgeMichigan @BridgeDet313
Detroit, MI
Joined August 2013
What’s Michigan’s top election issue? Cast your ballot with Bridge Listens
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Make your voice heard. Help Bridge identify the top state issue so we can demand answers from candidates.
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Hey, Gov. Whitmer: Here’s what Michigan says is real State of the State
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will discuss the State of the State on Wednesday. Here are what the facts — and Bridge readers — say.
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#BREAKING: The Detroit News to be acquired by USA TODAY Co., owner of Detroit Free Press.
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USA TODAY Co., owner of the Detroit Free Press, will acquire The Detroit News and continue to publish it separately, it announced Monday.
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National politics may play an outsized role in Michigan's elections this year, but we here @BridgeMichigan will hold candidates to account for the facts that matter most to Michiganders. Here's a look at where some of the biggest issues stand today:
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With rising costs, an aging population and troubling education scores, the stakes for 2026 elections couldn’t be much higher. Here are the facts shaping the state before the campaign rhetoric...
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Here are facts shaping Michigan as state gears for big election year
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With rising costs, an aging population and troubling education scores, the stakes for 2026 elections couldn’t be much higher. Here are the facts shaping the state before the campaign rhetoric...
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Bridge Michigan is listening. What issues matter most to you in 2026 election?
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The Detroit Free Press and Detroit News had the last joint operating agreement in the country. It just expired. Read @RiddhiKSetty.
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The Detroit Free Press and Detroit News had the last joint operating agreement in the country. It just expired.
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Michigan faces a huge election year. These are the 2026 races to watch
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Watch: Saving Great Lakes whitefish is a race against time
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After months spent writing about the looming collapse of whitefish in the lower Great Lakes, Bridge Michigan teamed up with Detroit PBS to tell the story in documentary form. Here’s how to watch.
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Honored to find myself on this list for my work with @BridgeMichigan and @BridgeDet313
Introducing Who’s Who — the ultimate guide to power in Southeast Michigan
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Who’s funding Michigan ballot campaigns? Dark money flows from out of state
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Michigan campaigns to require proof of citizenship to vote, tax the rich to fund schools and limit corporate political spending are all at least partially funded by dark money groups from other...
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Michigan gets a new state budget: Winners, losers in the $81B deal
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Free screening of new documentary about Great Lakes’ underwater secrets
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The Detroit premiere of ‘All Too Clear: Beneath the Surface of the Great Lakes,’ a new documentary that reveals the hidden beauty and threats to the Great Lakes, is set to screen for free at the...
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Five ways to fall for fall in Michigan
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From frozen cider slushies to haunted corn mazes, you can do it all this fall in Michigan.
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Income gap between Michigan, nation widens. Blame education
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New Census numbers show Michigan continues to fall further behind the nation in household income. States with higher incomes typically have more college graduates.
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Mississippi turned around its schools. Its secret: Tools Michigan abandoned
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Fact check: What’s true, false, misleading about Michigan’s education slide
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Michigan spent big to fix schools. The result: Worse scores and plenty of blame
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Ten years ago, Michigan vowed to become a Top 10 state for education. Since then, it’s outspent many other states and seen diminishing returns amid a revolving door of reforms.
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Where Michigan leaders stand on Iran air strikes
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Reaction to the US’ escalation of Israel’s war in Iran fell along party lines, with Republicans praising President Donald Trump and some Democrats questioning the decision.
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