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FLINT, MI - Nestlé Waters North America will provide free bottled water to Flint residents through August — adding four months to its donation plans, the company told Bridge Magazine on Wednesday. Since May 2018, Nestlé has provided…

More than 30 pieces of legislation inspired by the Flint water crisis — including 20 based on recommendations made by a bipartisan task force set up by Gov. Rick Snyder — are unlikely to be passed before the Michigan Legislature’s…

Flint launched an ambitious project to restore residents’ faith in their water in February 2016, hiring contractors to replace every lead and galvanized steel water service line beneath the…

FLINT, MI — In less than six months, the much anticipated Hamady Complete Food Center is set to officially close tomorrow or Wednesday at the latest, according to store employees. The store had a number of setbacks prior to it's opening in…

LANSING — A former Michigan Department of Environmental Quality spokesman who told Flint residents to “relax” as lead leached into their water was paid by a state contract to train health officials in media relations. Kandler Reed Khoury…

FLINT, MI — Flint officials issued a warning today telling residents to report any suspicious people posing as pipe replacement workers. “Residents are not expected to shoulder any of the burden when it comes to pipe replacement”, said…

By Fiona E. McNeill, McMaster University We poisoned ourselves with lead during the 20th century in most industrial nations. We used the metal widely, because lead paint is durable, engines run better on leaded gasoline and lead water…

FLINT, MI­ — Love and Hip Hop reality show star, Stevie J and local promoters distributed water to Flint residents over the weekend to show support after state officials announced water distribution sites would close in Flint. “They…

FLINT, MI — Gov. Rick Snyder has finally put an end to bottled water in Flint. In an April 6, 2018 press release, Snyder says the state will no longer support state-run water distribution sites known as PODS for Flint residents. “I…

FLINT, MI — City officials say they still have no word from the state on whether Michigan will continue to support state-run water distribution sites for Flint residents. “Over the past few weeks, residents of Flint have been expressing…