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Legislators Celebrate “Huge Win for YCS”
Over $42M appropriated to boost student achievement and pay debt left over from Willow Run-Ypsilanti schools merger LANSING, Mich. (Nov. 3, 2023) — Sen. Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) and Rep. Jimmie Wilson, Jr. (D-Ypsilanti) celebrated the passage of $42.2M in...
Bills Introduced in Senate, House to Hold Polluters Accountable for Cleanups
Current law has enabled polluters to stick taxpayers with burden of cleaning up over 10,000 ‘orphaned’ sites LANSING, Mich. (Oct. 25, 2023) — Today, Senator Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) and Representative Jason Morgan (D-Ann Arbor), along with Senators Erika Geiss...
Senate District 15 Updates
Dear Neighbors, I want to make sure you’re informed about what has been going on in our state government and share with you what I’ve been working on. In this e-news, you can find information about: Coffee Hour and District Events Legislative Update Resources As...
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Microplastics are in our water and they're in your brain. Microplastic concentrations in Great Lakes fish and in our water are only increasing and we need to do more to prevent plastic pollution from invading our bodies.
Senator Susan E. Shink, Senator Dayna Polehanki and I have introduced legislation, along with Rep Laurie Pohutsky, Rep Mentzer, and Rep Paiz, to address the growing threats to our health and our environment from microplastics.
Senate Bill 503 (Irwin)/House Bill 4766 (Pohutsky) — Ban the manufacturing, selling, or distribution of materials containing plastic microbeads.
Senate Bill 504 (Polehanki)/House Bill 4767 (Paiz) — Create a microplastics sampling program within the Michigan Dept. of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) to analyze state drinking water supplies, make a risk assessment, and
recommend actions for future monitoring and mitigation.
Senate Bill 505 (Shink)/House Bill 4768 (Mentzer) — Establish a statewide microplastics research and monitoring plan to assess the scale of microplastics contamination, assess risks posed to human health and the environment, and provide
recommendations for next steps to address microplastics pollution.
The legislation: www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-SB-0503&QueryID=177585681 ... See MoreSee Less
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The delay from Lansing Republicans is already causing chaos for schools and making it harder to invest in the key priorities that make our schools better:
* high-quality literacy materials and training that prepare us to meet the terms of our new literacy laws,
* school safety and mental health grants,
* Smaller class sizes in early grades, and
* Universal breakfast and lunch.
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Irwin wants free school meals to continue, fears state government shutdown will happen
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State Senator Jeff Irwin says he’s scared what will happen if the state government shuts down on October 1st due to no state budget being passed. It’s already affecting the universal free breakfas...6 CommentsComment on Facebook
I am disappointed that the Senate just passed legislation facilitating carbon capture in Michigan. This boondoggle is another subsidy to help fossil fuel companies.
Here's why I voted no:
1. Carbon capture is incredibly expensive. Our rates are already too high. We shouldn't have to pay for dirtier, more expensive energy.
2. Carbon capture often generates more CO2 pollution than they capture. An amendment to require net CO2 reduction was defeated.
3. These carbon storage areas, geological formations that will hopefully retain the CO2, revert to public ownership after private companies are done with them. The taxpayers will be forced to take ownership of the costs and liabilities 50 years after they're done depositing CO2 or sooner if the Department decides to allow it. ... See MoreSee Less
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