Obama drinks filtered city water in Flint to show it’s safe
By KEVIN FREKING Showing support for the beleaguered residents of Flint, Michigan, President Barack Obama drank filtered city water on Wednesday to show that it is again safe following a…
Rick Snyder
3 charged with several crimes in Flint water crisis
By MIKE HO– USEHOLDER and ED WHITE Two state regulators and a Flint employee were charged Wednesday with evidence tampering and other felonies and misdemeanors, for the first time raising…
Class action suit filed by residents over Flint water crisis
A lawsuit stemming from Flint’s lead-contaminated water was filed Monday on behalf of the city’s residents against Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder as well as other current and former government officials…
Americans split over safety of US drinking water
When it comes to water, only about half of Americans are very confident in the safety of what’s flowing from their tap, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll, which found…
Would Flint crisis happen in wealthier, whiter community?
By ROGER SCHNEIDER and MIKE HO– USEHOLDER Ever since the full extent of the Flint water crisis emerged, one question has persisted: Would this have happened in a wealthier, whiter…
A timeline of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan
APRIL 2014: In an effort to save money, Flint begins drawing its water from the Flint River instead of relying on water from Detroit. The move is considered temporary while…
Investment treaty between China and US key business goal
By GENE JOHNSON and PHUONG LE When Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses a meeting of some of the top names in Chinese and American business Wednesday, they may be most…
1 lawmaker expelled, another resigns after affair cover-up
By DAVID EGGERT One socially conservative Michigan lawmaker was expelled from office and another resigned early Friday after they rocked the Legislature with an extramarital affair and a botched attempt…