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“I do solemnly swear or affirm…” Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley repeated as he took his oath of office on Monday, before an overflow crowd at Flint City…

State has spent at least $3.6 million to pay workers in Flint's water crisis

Michigan has spent millions to pay officials and government workers scrambling to provide water, filters and other resources after lead contaminated…

Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the nation, has shrunk so low there's concern the Hoover Dam will soon be unable to generate hydropower.

Where the Colorado River crisis is hitting home

A reckoning has come for cities and farms in the desert Southwest that were built to rely on the Colorado River.

Vast forests keep Lake Superior's water quality high. But other Great Lakes are on the tipping point because of agriculture and urban sprawl.

Forest to MI Faucet: Using trees to keep water sources pristine

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is pairing conservation groups with drinking water treatment plant operators to see how source water can be protected by planting trees.

Cecily McClellan is co-founder of We the People of Detroit and directs the “water works” program, which provides water to Detroit area residents who can’t afford it. “When people can’t afford water, it becomes a health issue,” she said, “that affects the most vulnerable, especially young mothers.”

High cost of water hits home

Rising rates hurt the state’s poorest residents.

Michigan legislative leaders say they expect lots of attention this year to water affordability and quality issues, starting with a bill that would declare water to be a human right.

Right to water: Could 2023 be the year Michigan ends shutoffs?

Some Michigan lawmakers want to declare water a human right. The push comes as Michigan utilities resume water shutoffs following a COVID-19 moratorium.

Pastor Douglas Theobald, who has been at Struthers United Methodist Church for more than a decade, poses for a portrait on Sunday at the church in Struthers, Ohio.

The faithful see both crisis and opportunity as churches close across the country

The sharp uptick in the number of younger Americans with no religious affiliation is driving a seismic shift that is leaving sometimes shattered congregations in its wake.

Lee Anne Walters with her son Garrett outside of her home in Flint.

This mom helped uncover what was really going on with Flint’s water

Part one of Michigan Public's award-winning documentary, Not Safe to Drink, introduces one of the families at the center of the Flint Water Crisis.

People upset about the safety and quality of Flint's tap water packed a public meeting last January.

Flint reconnects to Detroit's water system

After a failed experiment with Flint River water, city officials announced late this afternoon that Flint is returning to Detroit's system for its…

A Flint resident holds a jug of tainted Flint water.

Gov. Snyder creates task force to investigate actions around the Flint water crisis

Gov. Rick Snyder announced the creation of an “independent advisory task force” that will look into the actions surrounding the management and testing of…

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