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Flint water criminal probe costs triple, may hit $5 million

DETROIT — Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette’s wide-ranging probe into the Flint water crisis could cost as much as $4.9 million, more than triple the amount allocated by the state in a contract in March, according to a posting on the state Administrative Board website. Earlier this year, Schuette received approval from the board to […]

3 employees charged in Flint water crisis

A judge in Flint, Mich., authorized charges Wednesday against three officials involved in the Flint water crisis, the first time criminal charges have been brought against government officials in the public health calamity. Multiple charges were filed by Michigan’s attorney general against Mike Glasgow, the city’s laboratory and water quality supervisor; Mike Prysby, a Michigan […]

Jersey City, Newark, Paterson collecting bottled water for Flint residents

JERSEY CITY — Mayor Steve Fulop is joining with the mayors of Newark and Paterson to collect bottled water to deliver to Flint, Michigan, which has been inundated with toxic tap water. Anyone interested in helping can drop off bottled water at City Hall, 280 Grove St., or at the Bethune Center, 140 Martin Luther […]

Cher, Muslim Groups and Neighbors Deliver Water to Flint City in Crisis

Clean drinking water is flowing into Flint, Michigan again thanks to volunteers and celebrities like Cher. Flint’s tap water became contaminated with lead after the city switched from Detroit’s water system to the Flint River as a water source, which caused lead to leach out of pipes last year. The federal government announced a disaster […]