Week 6 – 2/24/2023
CNS Budget
To: CNS Editors
From: Eric Freedman and Judy Putnam
http://news.jrn.msu.edu/capitalnewsservice/
Welcome to the sixth CNS file of the spring 2023 semester.
For technical problems, contact CNS technical manager Eryn Ho at (616) 485-9295, hoeryn@msu.edu.
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EDITORS: Due to the mass shooting at MSU and the resultant cancellation of classes and the impact on student trauma, our filing this week is abridged. We expect to resume regular production levels next week.
NEW CNS LOGO: Editors, here is a new Capital News Service logo you are free to use in print and online. Credit: Asher Freedman
Here’s your file:
DISCOUNTED WATER: To help prevent water shut-offs for nonpayment, low-income Detroit households are now entitled to more free water each month. We talk to the Wayne Metropolitan Action Agency, Water & Sewerage Department and Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice. Senators, including ones from Metro Detroit, Bay City, Ann Arbor and Flint, are sponsoring a bill to recognize water as a basic human right. By Vladislava Sukhanovskaya. FOR DETROIT, PLANET DETROIT, MIDLAND AND ALL POINTS.
w/DISCOUNTED WATER BILLS: This is what households with different incomes pay for water bills under Detroit’s Lifeline Plan. Credit: Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency.
w/DISCOUNTED WATER GALLONS: How many gallons of water a household can get with discounted rates. Credit: Detroit Water and Sewerage Department
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MiWaterNet: A stream monitoring program developed at Lake Superior State University is providing scientists with real-time water quality data from small streams in a number of locations in Northern Michigan. The program is also training schoolchildren how to become citizen-scientists in such districts as Les Cheneaux Community Schools, Brimley Area Schools and Pickford Public Schools. By Nicoline Bradford. FOR SAULT STE. MARIE, ST. IGNACE, CHEBOYGAN, BAY MILLS, IRON MOUNTAIN AND ALL POINTS.
w/MiWaterNet PHOTO STUDENTS: High school students install a monitoring station on the Pine River. Credit: Drew Heckman
w/MiWaterNet PHOTO MONITORING STATION: A sensor cable runs from the solar-powered controller of a monitoring station into the Carp River near Negaunee. Credit: Drew Heckman
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FENTANYL TESTING: While fentanyl testing strips are considered illegal drug paraphernalia in some 20 states, Michigan supports their use to test illicit drugs to stem the rise in drug overdoses. The simple paper strips test for fentanyl in heroin, fake prescription pills, cocaine and methamphetamine. We talk to state health officials and community groups in Grand Rapids, Lansing, Kingsford and Detroit. Also mentions Oceana, Lake, Ottawa, Muskegon, Newaygo, Allegan, Mason, Oceana and Montcalm counties. By Judy Putnam. FOR DETROIT, LANSING CITY PULSE, GRAND RAPIDS BUSINESS, LUDINGTON, WKTV, HOLLAND, OCEANA COUNTY, IRON MOUNTAIN, GREENVILLE, IONIA, LAKE COUNTY AND ALL POINTS.
w/FENTANYL TESTING STRIP: Fentanyl testing strips are used “off label” to detect dangerous fentanyl in street drugs. Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
w/FENTANYL TESTING CHART: For localization. A breakdown of $3.9 million in opioid settlement dollars sent to the 34 Syringe Services Programs in Michigan. For more information on the programs’ names and locations, click here.
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WATER HERITAGE: The relationship between residents of coastal communities with waterfront industrial histories and local water heritage can advance restoration efforts, create recreational opportunities and promote tourism and economic growth, but also can create tensions between environmental and economic interests, according to a new study from MSU and the Office of the Great Lakes. Study took place in Alpena, Sault Ste. Marie, Manistee, Port Huron, Big Rapids, Beaver Island, Harrisville, East Jordan, Niles, Detroit and Owosso. One researcher says, “Everyone mentioned they don’t want to be Traverse City. People from there can no longer afford to live there.” Mentions Benton Harbor project. By Eric Freedman. FOR BIG RAPIDS, ALPENA, MARQUETTE, MANISTEE, LUDINGTON, SAULT STE. MARIE, ALCONA, MONROE, PETOSKEY, TRAVERSE CITY, LEELANAU, BAY MILLS, OCEANA COUNTY, BENZIE COUNTY, HOLLAND, CHEBOYGAN, PLANET DETROIT, HARBOR SPRINGS, WKTV, GRAND RAPIDS BUSINESS, CORP! STURGIS, THREE RIVERS AND ALL POINTS.
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BUSTED: What do DNR conservation officers do during the winter? Plenty, as recent DNR reports show. We hear about arrests, rescues and oddities in the U.P. and Montmorency, Presque Isle, Jackson, Gladwin and Kalamazoo counties. Incidents include efforts to save a doe that fell through the ice on a pond and the stupidity of a sandhill crane poacher who taped himself shooting the federally protected birds from a bedroom window. By Eric Freedman. FOR MARQUETTE, IRON MOUNTAIN, ALPENA, MONTMORENCY, SAULT STE. MARIE, ST. IGNACE, CHEBOYGAN, ALCONA AND ALL POINTS.
w/BUSTED BADGE: Michigan conservation officer badge. Credit: Department of Natural Resources
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