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Northern Michigan University shuts down 3 buildings amid water testing

Northern Michigan University has closed three campus buildings as a precautionary measure after initial water tests found inconsistent lead level…

Flint School Board passes revised deficit plan, but teachers balk at pay cut

The Flint Community Schools Board of Trustees approved a revised deficit elimination plan last night. But the district’s unions haven’t signed off on a…

An overflow crowd attended last night's Flint school board meeting on the district's $3.7 million deficit elimination plan

Flint school board approves deficit elimination plan

A divided Flint School Board narrowly approved a state mandated deficit elimination plan last night. The board first deadlocked whether to approve the…

In this morning's news: Flint schools, insider trading, and a surprise mayoral candidate

Flint schools develop deficit planThe Flint school district has a deficit elimination plan for the coming year. School leaders approved the plan last…

African migrants climb over a metal fence that divides Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla. Since the early 1990s, Spain has built 20-foot-tall, layered border fences around its two North African enclaves, Ceuta and Melilla, to help dissuade migrants from entering the cities from Morocco in the hope of reaching a better a life in Europe.

Opinion: The EU Looks To Offshore Its Migrant Crisis. That's A Horrifying Prospect

European leaders are looking to set up migrant holding sites outside the EU, following a controversial Australian precedent, writes an anthropologist who researches migration in North Africa.

Water will flow through KWA pipeline to Genesee County starting this weekend

After years of construction, water from Lake Huron soon will begin flowing into Genesee County through the KWA pipeline.The Karegnondi Water Authority…

A majority of Americans want the federal government to do more to protect air and water

A majority of Americans say the federal government isn’t doing enough to protect air and water quality.That’s the latest from a national Pew Research…

MDHHS: Opioid crisis connected to soaring rates of hepatitis C

In 2000, 59 young adults in Michigan between the ages of 18 and 29 were reported as having chronic hepatitis C (HVC). Last year, there 2,060 reported…

Possibility of Thanksgiving water use restrictions off the table in Ann Arbor

Ann Arborites can rest easy that they will not be asked to volunteer to limit their water consumption over the Thanksgiving weekend, according to Robert…

On April 25, 2014, Flint officials toasted each other as they flipped the switch to the Flint River.

Reporter’s notebook: Some state officials still in denial or misinformed over Flint River decision

I don’t blame the governor’s press secretary for not understanding exactly who made the decision to have Flint pump its drinking water from the Flint…

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