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Two bills in the Michigan Legislature could help reduce lead exposure and ensure kids are tested for lead.

An intersection at the center of a WDSU Investigates probe that was slated for safety changes has had promised improvements delayed again.

Measures in the budget to build and train the early childcare workforce will do little ensure there are enough workers when demand is set to rise from July.

Michigan's legislature is on track to finish the state budget by early June, according to the head of the Senate committee in charge.

Because of the major impact of the Flint water crisis on Michigan, safe drinking water has become a public health, environmental and political priority.

Sen. John Cherry, D-Flint, is sponsoring legislation to make it mandatory for children to be tested for lead twice before age 3.

Every school and child care center in Michigan would have to provide filtered water under bills approved by the state Senate on Thursday.

Brandon Kennedy, owner of Kennedy Excavating in Richfield Township, said he was struck by a motorist in a construction zone last summer. Photo by Gary Gould RICHFIELD TWP. — Data from the National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse said 857 people were killed in work zone crashes in the United States in 2020. The vast

New legislation proposes plans to install filtered water fill-up stations and test water to keep safe drinking water in all schools.

“It’s scary ... in work zones today,” said Gerrad Godley, construction manager for the Genesee County Road Commission. “It’s only getting worse it seems. In my 25 years in construction, I haven’t seen anything like I saw last year.”