Author: Bridge Michigan
Michigan prisons ‘in a death spiral’ as officer vacancies, overtime pile up
All of Michigan’s prisons have seen vacancies but in no part of the state is it worse than the Upper Peninsula, with high assaults, open positions and thinning ranks.
House report: Northern Michigan needs a mental health facility
A new Michigan House of Representatives report says northern Michigan needs a dedicated mental health facility to address a severe shortage of psychiatric beds. Advocates are now pushing lawmakers to fund the project in the next state budget.
Supreme Court sides with Nessel in Line 5 jurisdiction dispute
Pipeline owner Enbridge wanted a lawsuit from Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel to be moved to federal court. But in a unanimous decision, justices ruled Enbridge’s arguments for doing so were ‘not persuasive.’
ICE detainees in Baldwin begin hunger strike
Detainees at North Lake Processing Facility, the 1,800-bed immigration detention center in Baldwin, started a hunger strike Monday, according to detainees inside the facility and advocates in Michigan.
Traverse City’s Civil Air Patrol plans new HQ at Cherry Capital
The volunteer arm of the U.S. Air Force takes kids (and adults) on plane rides up into the skies of northern Michigan, and they’re looking to upgrade to a new headquarters.
