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Election committee gives green light to recall of Highland Park mayor over skyrocketing water bills
‘Her days as mayor are numbered,’ activist Robert Davis says of Mayor Glenda McDonald
By Steve Neavling
Tags: Politics & Elections, Government, News, Highland Park, recall, election, politics, Glenda McDonald, Robert Davis, Great Lakes Water authority, utility bills, water
Wayne County warns of contaminated waterways following powerful storms
Rivers and lakes could be contaminated with partially treated sewage and stormwater
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Environment, Nature, River Rouge, Wayne County, state of emergency, public health advisory, rivers, water, thunderstorm, Warren Evans
Highland Park’s financial hardships are focus of town hall meeting
Residents are on edge as the city faces the prospect of bankruptcy
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Highland Park, town hall, Nandi's Knowledge Cafe, O.N.E. Highland Park Community Organization, marijuana, budget, water, Great Lakes Water Authority
Report urges water-affordability strategy to help low-income Michiganders
The inflation-adjusted average cost of water across Michigan has increased by 188% since 1980 and up to 320% in individual cities
By Mark Richardson, Michigan News Connection
Tags: Michigan News, News, water, Great Lakes
New Detroit homeowner hit with $5,200 bill for water she didn’t use
Under state law, new homeowners are responsible for the previous owner’s delinquent water bills, DWSD spokesman says
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, Water bill, water
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
Tags: Michigan News, Flint Water Crisis, Flint water crisis, water, environment, environmental racism, Jackson, Mississippi, Benton Harbor
Nessel joins coalition calling for repeal of Trump-era rule that diminished clean water protections
Tags: Michigan News, Clean water act, Dana Nessel, Michigan, Michigan Attorney General, Rashida Tlaib, President Biden, water, environment
Metro Detroit’s drinking water is unsafe, and it’s not just lead
Tags: Investigations, water, Detroit, Benton Harbor, lead, PFAs, metro Detroit, Cover Story
Temperatures reach record levels in Great Lakes, a troubling trend fueled by climate change
Tags: Climate change, Great Lakes, Lake Superior, global warming, temperatures, weather, water
Elevated lead levels detected in Hamtramck water
By Lee DeVito
Tags: water, Michigan, Hamtramck, lead, Flint, Benton Harbor
Detroit officials investigating discolored water on east side
Tags: Detroit, east side, water
Advocates call for clean, affordable water for residents of Detroit, Flint
By Lily Bohlke, Michigan News Connection
Tags: Detroit, water, Flint, Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition, We the People of Detroit, Monica Lewis-Patrick
Waterkeeper groups work to preserve Michigan's fresh waters
By Michayla Savitt, Michigan News Connection
Tags: Michigan, water
New bill would permanently ban water shutoffs for vulnerable Michigan residents
Tags: Water shutoffs, water, Michigan, Detroit, Rep. Aiyash, Gov. Whitmer, state House, Lansing, We The People Detroit
Michigan reaches $600M settlement in Flint water crisis lawsuits
Tags: Lead, Flint, Flint Water Crisis, lawsuits, Gov. Snyder, water, Michigan
Civil rights coalition files class-action lawsuit to ban water shutoffs in Detroit
Tags: ACLU, lawsuit, water shutoffs, water, Detroit, Michigan, DWSD, Gov. Whitmer, civil rights, racism
Report: Michigan law allows for income-based water rates
By Mary Schuermann Kuhlman, Michigan News Connection
Tags: water, Detroit, Michigan, Flint, coronavirus, COVID-19
More than 2,500 homes in Detroit still without water after city pledged to restore service amid coronavirus outbreak
Tags: coronavirus, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, activists, Meeko Williams, DWSD, water, Detroit, water shutoffs, COVID-19
As coronavirus spreads, Detroit to restore water to thousands of households, offer moratorium on shutoffs
Tags: Water shutoffs, Gary Brown, Mayor Duggan, Gov. Whitmer, Michigan, Detroit, coronavirus, water, DWSD, Abdul El-Sayed
Groups say Trump budget threatens Michigan's water infrastructure
Tags: News Hits, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, budget plan, Trump budget, water, Michigan, Fiscal Year 2021, Flint water crisis, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, clean water programs
Netflix is still looking for Detroit ‘Love is Blind’ contestants
Tigers fixing up run-down Comerica Park ahead of Opening Day with $30M investment
Royal Oak’s Hideaway has been transformed into the bar from ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’
By Layla McMurtrie