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The Justice For All Commission report says almost everyone’s a loser in debt collection cases that are flooding district courts. Debtors amass interest and court costs and most have their wages garnished on liabilities they may not even know about. Landlords, retailers and others who are owed money don’t recover all their losses.

A federal lawsuit over the state’s response to the Flint water crisis was back in court Tuesday, for arguments over whether the state has ignored a…

The city of Flint is taking new steps to reduce lead in the city’s drinking water.Flint is adding phosphates to water it gets from Detroit. Detroit…

In Flint, experts are warning that one potential solution to the city’s lead-tainted tap water has some serious potential downsides.Whole house filters…

Attorney General Bill Schuette says the state should have to deliver water to every household in Flint that doesn’t have water filters properly…

The Michigan State University College of Human Medicine is getting a $500,000 grant from the state to develop a registry of Flint residents exposed to the…

A woman who allegedly assaulted her young son and mother has been fatally shot inside a Detroit home as she struggled with an officer over a gun.

The city of Flint is launching a coordinated campaign to attack blight.Mayor Sheldon Neeley says illegal dumping is a prime target.“We’re not the garbage…

Flint Junior High was closed Wednesday because of high temperatures inside the school.Other Flint public school students are getting some relief from the…

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy said the 90th percentile value of lead in the city's drinking water was 14 parts per billion, just within the federal action level.