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17 hours ago | bridgemi.com | Emilio Perez Ibarguen

‘Forever chemicals’ were found in mussel tissues at 106 out of 120 sampling sites across the Great LakesThe highest average PFAS concentration was in Lake Michigan mussels, followed by the Niagara River, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario and the Detroit RiverNewer PFAS alternatives in the lakes represent an ‘impending storm,’ one researcher said. Every summer throughout the mid 2010s, researchers scoured the Great Lakes in search of PFAS contamination.

3 days ago | bridgemi.com | Simon D. Schuster

Jewish legislators propose writing antisemitism ban into Michigan civil rights law The definition of antisemitism would include Holocaust denial and strident criticism of Israel, which has prompted pushback against the bill Their proposal comes after attacks on Jews in Washington, DC and Colorado LANSING — Following a series of attacks across the country, Jewish members of the Michigan Legislature on Tuesday announced a new proposal that would make antisemitism a specific form of illegal...

3 days ago | bridgemi.com | Emilio Perez Ibarguen

Brice Rolston places an empty plastic bottle into a bottle deposit machine in the recycling center at a grocery store in Ann Arbor. ‘I normally try to save cans and take them to some of the local Girl Scouts,’ Rolston said. Michigan’s bottle return rate has plummeted since the COVID-19 pandemic.

4 days ago | bridgemi.com | Kelly House

Amid evidence that PFAS is far more dangerous than previously thought, state officials have revised statewide guidelines for eating contaminated fish The change triples the number of waterbodies where officials say anglers shouldn’t eat their catch Environmentalists cheered the update, while calling for action to prevent contamination of Michigan’s lakes, rivers and aquifers Michigan health officials have dramatically reduced the amount of PFAS-tainted fish they consider safe to eat, tripling...

1 week ago | bridgemi.com | Isabel Lohman

Michigan school district leaders say school choice policies and declining birth rates are causes for declining enrollmentMany have asked the state to help fund internal consolidation where districts close buildings or centralize operations But district consolidation where districts merge together is not popular Back in 2022, lawmakers allocated$5 million for school districts to explore consolidation. No one took the lawmakers up on it in the first year.