WSJM Morning News – January 24, 2019

  • He’s a long shot, but South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg is seeking the Democratic nomination for President in 2020.
  • A congressional PFAS task force is being launched.
  • Congressman Fred Upton has teamed up with other Michigan representatives for legislation to classify the chemicals known as PFAS as hazardous substances under the federal Superfund law.
  • The city of Benton Harbor’s income tax is now being implemented.
  • Help is available in one area city with paying property taxes in 2019.
  • As St. Joseph Today prepares to hold the first March Mannequins event downtown, it’s asking residents to submit photos that could be displayed in storefronts that day.
  • No other state tightened its education spending more than Michigan did over a 20-year period.
  • The President’s chief of staff is now working on a list of programs they may have to cancel if the government shutdown drags into March or April.
  • Today marks one year since sports physician Larry Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison for sexual abuse by a Michigan court.
  • The streaming wars are on! One outlet is dropping, and raising, prices.