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E-mails: Snyder’s PR team mocked media, misled reporters about Flint Water Crisis

By Steve Neavling on February 29, 2016   Flint Water Crisis, Government, Headline, State of Michigan  

E-mails: Snyder’s PR team mocked media, misled reporters about Flint Water Crisis

Snyder’s PR team understated concerns about Flint’s water, dismissed studies that showed serious health dangers and ridiculed journalists for writing about the crisis.

Snyder ignored top aides’ warnings of ‘downright scary’ hazards of Flint River

By Steve Neavling on February 26, 2016   Flint Water Crisis, Headline, posts, State of Michigan  

Snyder ignored top aides’ warnings of ‘downright scary’ hazards of Flint River

Two of Gov. Rick Snyder’s top aides implored the administration to stop subjecting residents to the Flint River because of serious health hazards in October 2014, nearly a year before the governor allowed Flint to switch back to Detroit’s water, new e-mail records show.

Gov. Snyder prevented release of lead test results at schools, e-mails suggest

By Steve Neavling on February 10, 2016   Flint Water Crisis, Headline, Schools and Education, State of Michigan  

Gov. Snyder prevented release of lead test results at schools, e-mails suggest

Gov. Snyder ordered state officials to withhold alarming evidence that Flint schools had dangerous levels of lead in their drinking water, according to new e-mails.

5 disturbing revelations from Gov. Snyder’s e-mails about Flint water crisis

By Steve Neavling on January 21, 2016   City Government, Emergency Manager, Flint Water Crisis, Government, Headline, Mayor's Office, State of Michigan  

5 disturbing revelations from Gov. Snyder’s e-mails about Flint water crisis

The e-mails reveal a stubborn, often arrogant administration and state bureaucracy that failed to protect residents despite repeated warnings.

Steve Neavling

Steve Neavling lives and works in Detroit as an investigative journalist. His stories have uncovered corruption, led to arrests and reforms and prompted FBI investigations.

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