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‘We the Poisoned’: Flint water scandal uncovered in explosive new book

Investigative reporter Jordan Chariton reveals bombshells about what he calls “the biggest government cover-up this century”

By Steve Neavling
Aug 6, 2024

Tags: Michigan, Media, Books, Flint Water Crisis, Book, journalism, Flint, Jordan Chariton, Gov. Snyder
Politics & Elections

Why the election may slow plans to replace lead pipes

Although lead was banned from new water service lines in 1986, it’s estimated that more than 9 million such lines still carry drinking water to homes and businesses throughout the country

By Sandy West, KFF Health News
Jul 10, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Flint Water Crisis, 2024 Election, lead pipes in Michigan, Joe Biden, Donald Trump
Metro Detroit

Flint mayor walks back water crisis accusation against Mott Foundation

Mayor Neeley claimed in a newly published interview that the powerful foundation handpicked the city’s emergency managers

By Steve Neavling
Jun 12, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Media, News, Sheldon Neeley, Flint, Flint water crisis, journalism, one-party consent state, journalism ethics, social media, Jordan Chariton, Mott Foundation
Michigan

AUDIO: Mayor Sheldon Neeley accused powerful Mott Foundation of pulling strings that caused Flint water crisis

The recorded conversation is revealed in the upcoming book, ‘We the Poisoned: Exposing the Flint Water Cover Up and the Poisoning of 100,000 Americans’

By Jordan Chariton
Jun 10, 2024

Tags: Michigan, Flint Water Crisis, Books, Flint water crisis, Rick Snyder, Sheldon Neeley, Mott Foundation, Flint, Video
Investigations

Inside Dana Nessel’s ‘shit show’ Flint water investigation

Ignored legal warnings, ‘overwhelmed’ prosecutors, and the secret testimony of ex-Governor Snyder’s chief of staff

By Jordan Chariton
Jan 24, 2024

Tags: Investigations, Crime, Government, News, Flint Water Crisis, Flint water crisis, Dana Nessel, Rick Snyder, Dennis Muchmore, Todd Flood
Michigan

Flint STILL has a water crisis — 9 years later

Jordan Chariton reports from Flint on the 9th anniversary of the water crisis and cover up

By Jordan Chariton
Apr 25, 2023

Tags: Michigan News, Flint Water Crisis, Views & Opinions, Flint water crisis, Dana Nessel, Rick Snyder
Michigan

Judge approves $600 million settlement over Flint water crisis

It’s the largest settlement in Michigan history

By Steve Neavling
Mar 21, 2023

Tags: Michigan News, News, Flint Water Crisis, Flint, Flint water crisis, Michigan, Dana Nessel, lawsuits, lead, Michigan Attorney General, Genesee County, Genesee County Circuit Court
Michigan

Michigan earns ‘F’ for failing to protect children from lead contamination at schools

About 1,500 kids under 6 in Detroit test positive for elevated levels of lead every year

By Steve Neavling
Mar 1, 2023

Tags: Michigan News, News, Lead, lead poisoning, Michigan, State Senate, legislation, Filter First, Flint water crisis, Environment America Research & Policy Center, U.S. Public Research Interest Group Education Fund
Michigan

‘Flint is still broken’ residents say ahead of federal court hearing

Advocates demand the city finish replacing pipes three years after missed deadline

By Randiah Camille Green
Feb 15, 2023

Tags: Michigan News, Flint Water Crisis, Flint water crisis, Detroit, Flint Rising, Michigan United
Michigan

Attorney for Oxford victims blasts governmental immunity for protecting negligent employees

Public officials are largely shielded from lawsuits, making it difficult to hold them accountable

By Steve Neavling
Jan 4, 2023

Tags: Michigan News, News, Oxford High School, Ven johnson, flint water crisis, lawsuit, governmental immunity, attorneys, court, Michigan
Michigan

Federal judge drops Flint water crisis charges against Snyder

The former governor had been charged with two misdemeanor counts of willful neglect of duty

By Allison Donahue, Michigan Advance
Dec 9, 2022

Tags: Michigan News, Flint Water Crisis, Flint water crisis, Rick Snyder
Michigan

Flint water prosecutors try to resurrect charges against former officials

After a judge dismissed charges against those linked to the scandal, prosecutors aim to appeal

By Steve Neavling
Oct 25, 2022

Tags: Michigan News, Flint Water Crisis, Flint, Flint Water Crisis, Rick Snyder, Dana Nessel, Michigan Supreme Court, grand jury, appeal, Michigan Attorney General
Michigan

Jackson, Miss., water crisis has parallels with Flint and Benton Harbor, Michigan leaders and activists say

‘This is racism — environmental racism at its finest’

By Ken Coleman, Michigan Advance
Sep 14, 2022

Tags: Michigan News, Flint Water Crisis, Flint water crisis, water, environment, environmental racism, Jackson, Mississippi, Benton Harbor
Michigan

Flint water prosecution of Snyder, 8 others moving forward despite recent setback

Prosecutors say they are still committed ‘to keep fighting for the people of Flint’

By Steve Neavling
Jul 5, 2022

Tags: Michigan News, Flint Water Crisis, Rick Snyder, Flint, Flint water crisis, environmental racism, Solicitor General, Fadwa Hammoud, Wayne County Prosecutor, Kym Worthy, Michigan Supreme Court
Michigan

Supreme Court wipes out ‘invalid’ Flint water crisis charges against Snyder, 8 others

It remains unclear why Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy recommended using the extremely rare, century-old practice of the one-judge grand jury in the case

By Laina G. Stebbins, Michigan Advance
Jun 29, 2022

Tags: Michigan News, Flint Water Crisis, Rick Snyder, Flint, Flint water crisis
Michigan

Petition demands justice and accountability for victims of Flint water crisis

The Flint water crisis and the response to it are evidence that systemic racism still exists, civil rights organization says

By Steve Neavling
Jun 20, 2022

Tags: Michigan News, News, Flint water crisis, Rick Snyder, Charles Williams II, National Action Network, petition, racism
Metro Detroit

Prosecutors stopped pursuing racketeering case against public officials over Flint water crisis, according to report

By Steve Neavling
Jan 17, 2022

Tags: Michigan Attorney General, Dana Nessel, Flint, Flint water crisis, Michigan, pollution, Bill Schuette
Metro Detroit

Benton Harbor water crisis is the ‘ultimate inexcusable repeat of history,’ 3rd lawsuit says

By Anna Gustafson, Michigan Advance
Jan 12, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Flint Water Crisis, Flint Water Crisis, Benton Harbor Water Crisis, Water Crisis, tap water, Benton Harbor, Flint, lawsuit, Michigan Advance
Metro Detroit

Judge allows Flint water lawsuit against engineering company to proceed

By Steve Neavling
Jan 11, 2022

Tags: Flint, Flint water crisis, Veolia North America, lawsuit, U.S. District Court, pollution, lead, Judge Judith Levy
Metro Detroit

Parker James: Michigan leaders must take action to protect children from lead

By Parker James, Michigan Advance
Nov 12, 2021

Tags: Michigan Advance, Lead, Flint Water Crisis, Benton Harbor Water Crisis, Benton Harbor, Flint, children