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New Michigan program aims to train, retain more early childhood teachers

By ISABEL LOHMAN/Bridge Michigan One of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's signature initiatives has been to expand the availability of early childhood education. But efforts like offering free pre-kindergarten and providing grants to open new classrooms have not resolved a central problem: Attracting ...

Before recent attack, Michigan synagogue had been bolstering its security

By ED WHITE AND ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press The Michigan synagogue that came under attack this week when an armed man drove his car into the building had for months been strengthening its security apparatus by hiring a seasoned police lieutenant as its security director and holding ...

Amid Temple Israel horror, a small act of kindness — and pizza in Michigan

By ROBIN ERB/Bridge Michigan In lockdown and confusion and fear following an attack at nearby Temple Israel, the staff at Soul Café made pizza — cheese, mushroom, and margherita. As dozens of police cars and fire trucks and ambulances screamed outside and bomb detection teams arrived at ...

Marijuana tax payouts dip in Michigan amid sales slump

By JANELLE D. JAMES/Bridge Michigan Bridge Michigan Michigan is once again sending millions of dollars in marijuana tax revenue back to local communities — though this year's payout is slightly smaller than last and spread across more governments. Nearly $94 million will be distributed ...

US plans to clear-cut in Michigan forest. Some fear for endangered species

By LAURA HERBERG/Bridge Michigan Bridge Michigan The US Forest Service is proposing a massive project in a national forest in Michigan that would log land roughly the size of Detroit, expand gravel mining and build roads. The Silver Branch Vegetation Management Project would span about 40 ...

Michigan sees record cougar reports in 2025, including some cubs

By LAURA HERBERG/Bridge Michigan Bridge Michigan Cougars were detected 31 times in Michigan in 2025, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. That's the highest number of confirmed observations since the predator was wiped out of the state in the early 1900s. And the ...

Mom charged with killing pregnant biological daughter in rural Michigan woods

CADILLAC, Mich. (AP) — Authorities charged a woman and her husband with murder Tuesday in the death of her pregnant biological daughter whose body was found in a Michigan forest three weeks after she disappeared. Rebecca Park, 22, was in the final days of her pregnancy when she was last seen ...