Flint Official: State Overruled Plan For Corrosion Control
"That one meeting was the difference between this city being poisoned and not being poisoned."
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"That one meeting was the difference between this city being poisoned and not being poisoned."
"We will not give up, that's for sure," Rep. Dan Kildee, a Michigan Democrat who represents Flint said, vowing that congressional Republicans "are not going to run out the clock on Flint, Michigan."
An update from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says the current analysis doesn't indicate health concerns for bathing or showering.
Gov. Snyder said Friday that federal supplies of bottled water, water filters, replacement cartridges and test kits will continue until Aug. 14.
A bipartisan congressional effort to aid the city is idling in the Senate — stalled by the objections of a single senator from Utah.
In the long term Michigan will comply with a "much higher standard," according to a state document.
The event is to raise money for the Community Foundation of Greater Flint.
The discovery of lead in Flint's water system has the Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine concerned for local dogs.
A spokesman for House Speaker Kevin Cotter said mistakes were made in Flint "at every level of government," but that emergency managers are needed.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said Friday the death last year is now among 88 cases of the respiratory disease detected between June 2014 and November 2015.
Veronica Kelly says she can't get a date since news about the city's water crisis made headlines.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is responsible for lead contamination in Flint, Michigan's water supply, and would likely face criminal charges if he were running a business, a Democratic lawmaker said Thursday.
Snyder will be a star witness at a hearing Thursday before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
A telethon underway to help Flint residents features a major financial commitment from Tom Gores.
Darnell Earley said that for months after the April 2014 switch he believed information he was receiving — some of it scientifically complex — was accurate.
State health officials are warning Flint-area residents that warmer weather can bring a greater risk for Legionnaires' disease, a pneumonia that can be fatal.
It's almost triple what Snyder's office estimated its legal fees — to be paid with public money — just last month.
Gov. Rick Snyder has called for an investigation of how his health department handled an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in the Flint area as well as high lead levels among residents who were drinking tainted water from the Flint River.
The Michigan Credit Union League has donated gift cards to Flint residents who are working with officials to monitor lead levels in water in their homes.
On Monday's episode of "Steve Harvey," Steve dedicates the entire hour to the water crisis in Flint, Mich., with an audience full of residents, who were bussed in from Flint.
"Why would we pay $1.2 million on the governor's personal private attorneys? It doesn't make any sense," said the Senate Democratic leader.
Gov. Snyder, whose administration repeatedly downplayed the lead threat, now calls it a "disaster."
The issue has become so dominant for these White House hopefuls that they scheduled a prime-time debate in the city on Sunday ahead of the state's primary Tuesday.
A judge will hear arguments in two weeks on a request to stop Flint from charging people for water during the lead crisis.
Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah says federal aid is not needed in Flint, Michigan, where lead-contaminated pipes have resulted in an ongoing public health emergency.
