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Potential class action lawsuit seeks $150 million for Flint water bills, damages

In Flint, attorneys have filed what they hope will be a massive, class-action lawsuit representing all of the city’s residents. The same Baltimore law…

A Michigan "tow plow" carries tons of rock salt to combat icy and snowy roads.

Michigan expands testing of salt water to clear winter highways

A pilot project using a saline solution instead of rock salt last year showed good results. It'll be tested on three stretches of state highways this winter.

Judge denies state request to let Flint mayor sign 30-year water deal before recall election

Update 9:30 p.m.A federal judge has denied the state’s request to give Flint’s mayor the power to sign a 30-year water contract before she faces a recall…

New federal lawsuit alleges state violated Safe Drinking Water Act in Flint

A coalition of activist organizations filed a complaint in federal court Wednesday morning against Michigan government officials alleging the state has…

Since May, authorities have now uncovered four sets of human remains at Lake Mead, as the country's largest reservoir deals with extremely low water levels.

A fourth set of human remains is found at Lake Mead as the water level keeps dropping

The reservoir continues to suffer from a 22-year drought that now has water levels at only 27% of capacity. That's surfaced four sets of skeletal remains in the past four months.

Judge sides with ACLU, orders Flint city clerk to process absentee ballot applications

A circuit court judge has ordered the Flint City Clerk’s office to process a backlog of more than 1,000 absentee ballot applications by the end of the…

Keeping drinking water pure and flowing will require some tough decisions about money. State and local officials have put off those decisions for too long and people are paying the price.

What Michigan can do to help save drinking water systems in the state

The Great Lakes News Collaborative asked state and national experts how Michigan could break the cycle of underfunding and poor decision-making that has left water systems across Michigan in sorry shape.

State lawmakers create committee to look into Flint crisis, send $30M to Snyder

State lawmakers will hold hearings on the Flint water crisis and the state’s response.Legislative leaders on Tuesday announced a joint state House and…

Flint water likely to take center stage at Gov. Snyder’s State of the State

It’s practically a political certainty that Governor Rick Snyder will announce a plan for cleaning up the Flint water crisis tomorrow evening when he…

Flint's Shady Acres, or what's left of it, will soon be gone

Demolition work will soon begin at a long-abandoned trailer park in Flint.Shady Acres closed in 2015. But the 20-acre park is overgrown, and overwhelmed…

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