Toxic water in Detroit schools is worse than expected; ex-Detroit City Councilwoman Sharon Mchail is fired from a charter school but refuses to leave; and the stately, vacant Old Wayne County Building has been renovated.
Mayor Fouts compared the scandal to a “mini version of what happened in Flint.”
Gov. Snyder’s office rushed to use the Flint River despite warnings about the threat to residents’ drinking water.
Actor Mark Ruffalo delivered an impassioned speech about the Flint water crisis today.
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.
The damage may significantly decrease water pressure to battle fires.
In the latest blow to children poisoned by elevated lead levels in Flint, the federal government has denied a request to extend WIC benefits.
Not even lead filters are enough to prevent thousands of Flint residents from being poisoned by elevated levels of lead, the EPA warned.