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28 Jan 2016, 11:44 am
From Fusion: While the state government mobilizes a massive response to the water crisis in Flint, handing out bottled water and filters to residents affected by lead-contaminated tap water, undocumented residents here feel left out. [read post]
28 Jan 2016, 8:08 am
On Wednesday evening at Detroit’s Wayne State University, the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) held an “emergency meeting” that was to feature residents of Flint, whose water has been poisoned with lead and other contaminants, and Detroit Public Schools (DPS) teachers who have been staging “sickouts” for the pastThe post Blue collar blues appeared first on Legal Reader. [read post]
27 Jan 2016, 3:32 pm
Comptroller Peter Franchot chastises local government officials for being indifferent to the conditions in classrooms without air conditioning. [read post]
27 Jan 2016, 2:23 pm
Unlike those wrongly arrested who are forced to plead guilty to crimes they did not commit in order to avoid going on trial for crimes with even longerThe post Michigan Governor, Flint Manager may be beyond reach of the law appeared first on Legal Reader. [read post]
27 Jan 2016, 9:49 am
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) [advocacy website] filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF] Wednesday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan [official website] seeking the replacement of lead water pipes in the city of Flint. [read post]
27 Jan 2016, 7:00 am
While Food and Water Watch's website has lots of news on the water situation in Flint, the Alliance's is completely silent. [read post]
26 Jan 2016, 10:15 am
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced [press release] Monday that he has appointed a former prosecutor to act as Special Counsel in his investigation into the water contamination crisis in the city of Flint and that a retired Detroit FBI chief will also participate in the investigation. [read post]
26 Jan 2016, 8:30 am
In April 2014, in an effort to save money, Flint Michigan’s unelected emergency manager (appointed by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder) switched the city’s water source to the polluted Flint River. [read post]
26 Jan 2016, 6:00 am
I write this text sitting 55 miles due south of Flint, Michigan where the significant implications of this abstract statement are playing out in real time. [read post]
25 Jan 2016, 9:01 pm
Republicans are used to staying away, and they are not liked in places like Flint, for very good reasons. [read post]
25 Jan 2016, 4:44 pm
“The message is clear to us,” said Flint resident Dan Reyes, “Flint is a predominantly minority, poor community. [read post]
25 Jan 2016, 9:34 am
Michigan's top prosecutor said Monday that it's an "outrage" that residents of Flint are being forced to pay for water that's unsafe to drink — and his office may take action to stop the billing. [read post]
24 Jan 2016, 4:18 pm
This is an extreme case, but the problem of lead exposure among children is not a local Flint story. [read post]
24 Jan 2016, 7:00 am
This week Flint, Michigan's Governor apologized for the lack of response by him and the state of Michigan's for the state's diverting contaminated water to the residents of Flint. [read post]
23 Jan 2016, 5:04 pm
Immigration advocates have long known that undocumented immigrants often fear accessing social services, even in the wake of public emergencies. [read post]
22 Jan 2016, 6:19 am
Rick Snyder released more than 270 pages of emails surrounding the toxic water crisis in Flint. [read post]
22 Jan 2016, 5:00 am
Day, revelation of the Flint Water Crisis further displayed our country’s pervasive problem of racism that needs to be addressed more seriously by the nonprofit sector. [read post]
21 Jan 2016, 9:45 pm
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy reportedly discussed the agency’s efforts to improve water quality in Flint, Michigan, where the city’s drinking water was found to contain lead, the EPA’s Region 5 Administrator Susan Hedman announced that she will be resigning from her position, which includes managing the EPA’s work in Michigan, reportedly as a result of allegations about her response to Flint’s “drinking water… [read post]
21 Jan 2016, 9:22 pm
On the Flint water fiasco, building for many months now, multiple levels of governments have plenty to answer for [Detroit News (“Lower-level [state DEQ] officials continued to downplay severity of Flint’s drinking water problems for almost 3 more months. [read post]
21 Jan 2016, 6:10 pm
Which brings me to the subject of this blog post: The Flint, Michigan water scandal. [read post]
