After hearing reports a Michigan city cited a pregnant homeless woman for sleeping in a park after dark, I started to poke around.

What I found were homeless folks and community activists saying crackdowns are making their lives, and jobs, harder. For @bridgemi.com: bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

Spent the last few weeks with @laurenmgibbons.bsky.social scouring data wrt/ a new law that allows Michigan's local governments to incentivize developers building affordable or attainable housing units.

The cost? $144,000 per unit. Our breakdown for @bridgemi.com. www.bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

New research from ‪‪@crcmich.bsky.social‬ indicates Michigan lawmakers may need to cut around $1.1 billion from the state's upcoming fiscal year budget because of the recently passed "One Big Beautiful Bill Act."

My story with @bridgemi.com: www.bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

An outstanding piece of photography by @jordynhermani.bsky.social this week (www.bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...) inspired me to come up with a top 15 photos in MI politics. @gongwermichigan.bsky.social subscribers, check your inbox for it in the Weekender. What did I miss? I whiffed on at least two.

Fractures in the Michigan House Democratic caucus are immerging in the final days of legislative lame duck, one Democrat telling @gongwermichigan.bsky.social Sunday she's no longer confident in House Speaker Joe Tate's ability to lead.(w/ @bridgemichigan.bsky.social) www.bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

After rallying in Lansing this morning to push for a change to Michigan's pending minimum wage/tipped wage laws, sounds like people with the group "Save MI Tips" are now chanting "save our tips" so loudly in the Senate that it's intermittently drowning out the Senate livestream.

Michigan may raise its minimum wage to $15/hour by 2028 but keep tipped wages under a bipartisan plan debuted in the state House this month.

Conversations on what to do about state sick leave law remain ongoing.
www.bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

Georgia officials have dismissed all members of a state committee charged with investigating deaths of pregnant women. That committee deemed that the high-profile deaths of Amber Thurman and Candi Miller under an abortion ban were preventable

Via @jordynhermani.bsky.social ky.social: Michigan Democrats, set to lose House in January, considering 'ghost gun' and bump stock bans, along with legislation that would allow lawsuits against gun manufacturers for gun-related deaths www.bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

It’s Just Politics hosts Zoe Clark and Rick Pluta are joined by Bridge Michigan politics reporters @jordynhermani.bsky.social and @simon.schuster.press to discuss why state House Democrats are failing to deliver their lame-duck legislative agenda.

BREAKING

President-elect Trump says he intends on nominating Sean Duffy as Secretary of Transportation.

Duffy served five terms in congress and is now, among other things, a Fox News contributor.

Gen X/elder millennials will recognize Duffy and his wife Rachel from the Real World.

More than a week after racist text messages threatening Black people with enslavement were sent by anonymous numbers to recipients across the country, similar threats have been sent to people in Latino and LGBTQ+ communities, according to the FBI.

okay, here are 149 journalists that cover the proud state of michigan.

(i’m not a michigan reporter, but you can’t remove yourself from starter packs)

i’ll add more links to more specific packs below.

Finally made the jump over to BlueSky, though will still be posting regularly on Twitter. As always, you can reach me for any comments/questions/concerns at jhermani@bridgemi.com.

And while my focus is on Michigan politics, pet photos wouldn't go unappreciated, either. 😉