Judge Rejects Filing By Bill Schuette In Flint Water Lawsuit
A judge has told Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette to butt out of an ongoing dispute over home delivery of water in Flint.
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A judge has told Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette to butt out of an ongoing dispute over home delivery of water in Flint.
Lawyers for Michael Prysby and Stephen Busch say the men are civil servants, not public officers, and can't be charged with misconduct in office.
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has joined Flint residents in a lawsuit that seeks home delivery of bottled water.
The state says brass faucets and other brass components can contribute to lead in drinking water.
"What was a crisis is now looking much like other cities."
Those certified will interviewed for lead abatement worker and supervisor positions with local contractors.
More than 15 months after Flint's water emergency broke open, Gov. Rick Snyder has signed the first policy bill stemming from the man-made crisis.
The award-winning actress will play the head of a family affected by the water crisis.
Flint Mayor Karen Weaver said this week that the water relief program will continue as long as Flint has a 70 percent collection rate on water and sewer bills.
Snyder says investigators "keep on asking" and his lawyers "keep on responding."
The emergency manager who was running Flint when it switched water sources has appeared in court on criminal charges related to the city's lead disaster.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is involved in the investigation.
Four more people are facing criminal charges in the Flint water investigation.
Nine people so far have been charged in an investigation of Flint's lead-tainted water system and an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease.
President Barack Obama has signed a bill authorizing water projects across the country, including $170 million to address lead in the drinking water in Flint, Michigan, and $558 million to provide relief to drought-stricken California.
A federal appeals court won't block an order that requires delivery of free bottled water in Flint, Michigan, if residents have lead filters that aren't working.
The University of Michigan and Google have teamed up to create an app and website aimed at helping Flint residents and officials deal with the lead-contaminated water crisis.
Under an agreement reached Monday, the water-projects bill would include language authorizing aid for Flint and other cities, but money for the bill would be included in the short-term spending bill.
A judge says he won't freeze an order that calls for home delivery of water if Flint residents don't have a properly working filter.
Rasheed Wallace has a first-hand appreciation for the Flint water crisis - a crisis, by the way, that continues to roil.
The water quality might be improving, but don't ditch those filters just yet.
A class-action lawsuit potentially affecting tens of thousands of people in the Flint water disaster will go to a local court, not miles away to federal court.
Flint must take several steps before switching its drinking water source again due to the lead-contamination crisis, federal officials said Friday, including a three-month water-testing period.
Michigan won federal approval Monday to spend roughly $119 million over five years to remove lead hazards from the homes of low-income residents in Flint and other communities.
Friday's efforts follow months of work by the city to obtain payment.
