Ron French is the senior enterprise reporter at Bridge Michigan, covering a wide range of topics including rural communities, ...

U.S. Senate candidates Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, left, and Republican Mike Rogers shake hands after the debate on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026 at WXYZ Channel 7 in ...

Construction on Michigan’s first hyperscale data center is underway in Saline Township, Michigan on Monday, June 22, 2026. (Ella Miller/Bridge Michigan) Few issues are as controversial today as data ...

A map of the proposed routes of the Copperton Projects, which consists of three transmission line projects spanning more than 250 miles. (Courtesy of ITC) Rick Thelen was caught by surprise when he ...

Neither a spokesperson for the eight-hospital network, Detroit Medical Center, nor the hospital chain’s owner, Texas-based Tenet, acknowledged a dozen messages by Bridge Michigan asking about facility ...

President Donald Trump and Mike Rogers have called Abdul El-Sayed a ‘fake doctor.’ He’s called himself a ‘physician.’ Here are the facts.

Sue Hartman is leaving her post as clerk of Courtland Township, partly because of frustration over election conspiracy theories. (Kristen Norman for Bridge Michigan) COURTLAND TOWNSHIP — Sue Hartman ...

LANSING — Michigan is doling out the first in a pool of federal funds meant to innovate and strengthen rural healthcare systems. But key stakeholders are saying the dollars are not flowing to the ...

U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, pictured during a campaign event, has leaned on his public health credentials in his bid for federal office. (Brayan Gutierrez for Bridge Michigan) Democrat Abdul ...

GOP gubernatorial candidate John James, left, addresses an audience at an education roundtable in Livonia on Monday, Oct. 5, 2026, joined by Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves. (Brayan Gutierrez for Bridge ...