Chad Selweski
Bridge Magazine
Michigan, United States
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Chemical Valley and the threat to Michigan’s drinking water
The Enbridge pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac gets all the attention. But a sprawling industrial complex in Ontario has a long history of chemical spills and botched communications with its coastal neighbors in Michigan. → Read More
Toxic chemical spill? Wait for our fax.
News of an industrial spill from Canada’s Chemical Valley can take a long, bizarre path before Michigan towns learn of poisoned waters. → Read More
100 workers recalled. Then they all flunked their drug tests.
Michigan companies can’t fill jobs because too many people have opioids or pot in their systems. Is the answer more testing? Or none? → Read More
Northern Michigan’s 'Disability Belt' now rivals the Deep South and Appalachia
Rural counties across a band of northern Michigan have disability rates up to 18 percent, with little hope these former workers will return to jobs. Experts are trying to reverse the trend. → Read More
Father of Michigan fireworks law says he has no regrets
Harold Haugh has been vilified for helping to legalize high-powered fireworks in Michigan. He says the law has proved an economic boon to the state. → Read More
Land favors tax cuts for all
With just a week to go until the 2014 elections, Republican Senate candidate Terri Lynn Land said Monday she favors lower taxes for all – for corporations, for taxpayers, rich and poor, and for those inheriting substantial estates from loved on → Read More
Mental health programs face big cuts
After spending months resisting the additional federally funded Medicaid health care coverage provided by Obamacare, Michigan lawmakers finally approved the expansion last August, but they refused to let the initiative begin until April 1. → Read More
Military reductions could impact Selfridge
Selfridge Air National Guard Base’s future has taken another tenuous turn as an Air Force proposal to eliminate the A-10 aircraft has emerged as a recommendation from Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, who is also eyeing more military base closings → Read More
End to free DIA admission floated as rescue plan
The newest idea to raise funds that would protect the Detroit Institute of Arts’ paintings from a bankruptcy sale would end free museum admissions for tri-county residents, which was a key selling point in winning voter approval for the DIA mil → Read More
West Bloomfield Twp. sued by ex-deputy treasurer
Digital First MediaA former West Bloomfield Township deputy treasurer bounced from his post this summer has filed suit against the township, claiming he was improperly forced out after → Read More
Gary Peters backed by cops in Senate race while Terri Lynn Land keeps low profile
Democratic U.S. Rep. Gary Peters received endorsements for his 2014 Senate campaign from police organizations across the state at a Monday press conference in Warren while critics of his Republican opponent, Terri Lynn Land, claimed that she has coast → Read More