The sales manager of the Genesee County Land Bank in Flint, Michigan quit his position after water crisis activists protested his use of the N-word with referring to residents Monday.
For years now, the City of Flint, Michigan has struggled through the crisis of the toxic water flowing through its pipes and into the homes, schools, and businesses of its residents. The problem still remains. All over the city, people are still cooking and bathing with cases of bottled water. The simple filtration systems that […]
Jeff and Rhonda Grayer's W.T. Stevens Construction will help bring back clean water to Flint residents.
It's been 3 years since Flint has had clean water and they won't have it for at least 3 more.
Queen Latifah and Jill Scott are returning to Lifetime, this time for a movie about the Flint Water Crisis. The nation was deeply concerned about the crisis in Flint, Michigan, at the top of 2016 as we learned that politicans had allowed the tap water to be rendered undrinkable. We were shocked to learn how […]
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan environmental officials say Flint’s water system no longer has levels of lead exceeding the federal limit. The finding by the Department of Environmental Quality is good news for a city whose 100,000 residents have grappled with the man-made water crisis since 2014. Officials told The Associated Press ahead of an […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency had sufficient authority and information to issue an emergency order to protect residents of Flint, Michigan, from lead-contaminated water as early as June 2015 — seven months before it declared an emergency, the EPA’s inspector general said Thursday. The Flint crisis should have generated “a greater sense of […]
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Flint resident is asking for a grand jury investigation of Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s decision to use at least $2 million in state funds for his legal representation related to criminal probes of the city’s water crisis. The complaint, filed Tuesday, alleges that the governor broke the law by violating […]
Health officials report an increase of bacterial illness in Flint, Michigan. A reduction in hand washing to avoid contaminated municipal water may contribute to the outbreak.
If there was any doubt in your mind that Beyoncé is a boss, guess again. Despite her superstar status, Bey continues to lend her time, money and talent to causes that most people forget about. According to reports, the singer helped raise more than $82,000 for Flint residents who continue to deal with the city’s lead-tainted water supply. […]
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Rapper Snoop Dogg and former Toronto Raptors player Morris Peterson are hosting a celebrity basketball game to help Flint amid the city’s crisis with lead-tainted water. “Hoop 4 Water” is scheduled for Saturday at the Dort Federal Credit Union Event Center in Flint. Snoop Dogg met with Flint Mayor Karen Weaver […]
Sasha Bell and Sacorya Reed were both shot to death in Bell's townhouse. Police have a suspect in custody, but no charges have been filed.
