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The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a last-chance effort to revive criminal charges against seven people in the Flint water scandal, waving away an appeal by prosecutors who have desperately tried to get around a 2022 decision that gutted the cases.

The final legal briefs were filed this week in a lawsuit that pits state Senate Democrats against House Republicans for failing to send bills adopted by both chambers to Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Is this leading the state Capitol toward its own constitutional crisis?

Liane Shekter Smith was the head of the state's drinking water office when Flint's drinking water was contaminated with lead.

Climate-driven flooding destroyed Tony Calhoun’s home in 2022. But as the water receded, his despair only grew. Now, his family hopes to bring attention to the mental health toll of extreme weather.

“Probably those 31 lines still remaining to be replaced will happen before the end of this month," said Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley.

Judge Newblatt's decision is the latest court ruling moving the $626 million settlement forward.

A court hearing Monday will look at the process of reviewing grand jury documents in the Flint Water Crisis investigation.Defense attorneys accuse…

Jurors have spent five months listening to testimony in the lawsuit seeking damages on behalf of four Flint children.

Fifty years ago, on December 16, 1974, Ford clinched a public health victory when he signed a bill that joined the pantheon of federal environmental protection laws enacted that decade.Today, the country still reaps the benefits from the Safe Drinking Water Act. Most Americans are provided high-quality water from their taps.

Former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder wants to invoke his Fifth Amendment right and not testify at the civil trial.