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EPA gives Flint $100M to help repair pipes
The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it is awarding a $100 million emergency grant to Michigan to fund infrastructure upgrades in Flint, where lead-contaminated water damaged service lines. The state of Michigan is contributing matching funds of $20 million for a total award of $120 million.
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Flint activist who fought poisoned water now faces foreclosure for overdue water bill
The city has warned 8,000 residents that they could face foreclosure over refusing to pay for poisoned water. By Bryce Covert.
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Lake Michigan Is So Clear Right Now Its Shipwrecks Are Visible From the Air
A Coast Guard patrol spotted the wrecks in shallow waters that are only clear after the lake's ice melts and before summer sediment swirls and algae blooms
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Michigan doctor's license suspended after allegedly performing liposuction in unfinished pole barn
A Michigan doctor’s license was suspended after numerous health violations were allegedly uncovered at an unfinished pole barn used as a location for performing liposuction procedures. Bradley Bastow, of Glenn, Mich., had his osteopathic physician’s license suspended May 12. Attorney General Bill Schuette and Licensing and Regulartory Affairs filed an administrative complaint alleging the following violations...
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Bath disaster: 90th anniversary of the worst school attack in American history
When people think about school tragedies and disasters, the massacres at Columbine High School in 1999 and Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 immediately come to mind.Fifteen people, including the two perpetrators, died in the Columbine, Colorado inciden
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Pit bull bites, kills 3-week-old girl in Michigan
A pit bull bit the head of a 3-week-old Michigan girl, fatally injuring the infant just minutes after an adult checked on her. An autopsy confirmed the bite killed Susannah Jean Murray. An adult found her bleeding with a severe head injury at her home in Grand Rapids on Thursday evening.
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Flint, Beyond the Crisis
To call what is happening in Flint, Michigan a “water crisis” feels both exact and not. By Hanif Willis-Aburraqib. (May 26, 2017)
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Official resigns after using n-word to describe Flint residents
The sales manager of the Genesee County Land Bank has resigned his position after water activists recorded him saying Flint's problems were caused by "ni***** (who) don't pay their bills." Michele M. Wildman, executive director of the Land Bank, said Monday, June 5, that she has accepted the resignation of Phil Stair, a longtime employee of the agency.
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Michigan health director Nick Lyon charged with involuntary manslaughter over Flint water
Attorney General Bill Schuette charged two high-ranking state health officials today in the fourth round of criminal charges in the Flint drinking water crisis.
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Michigan Health Chief Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter For Flint Water Crisis
Nick Lyon is the highest-ranking state official to be charged in the crisis.
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Detroit 1967
The Detroit News looks back at the social unrest in the summer of 1967
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Could Major Sports Help Put Detroit Back on the Map?
How the newly constructed Little Caesar's Arena and the $100-Million Ford Field renovation could help put Detroit back on the map.
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Bruno Mars Donates $1 Million to Help Flint Water Crisis
Bruno Mars has donated $1 million to those affected by the Flint water crisis. More than 100,000 residents of the Michigan city are thought to have been exposed to water with high levels of lead. The crisis was first identified in 2014, after Flint’s drinking water was switched from Detroit water to the Flint River.
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1970s Buick pulled from Michigan pond; human remains found inside
Police say a 1970s car pulled from a pond this week in Michigan had human remains inside and may have been underwater for years. The discovery of the Buick sedan was made Tuesday in Saginaw County's Buena Vista Township by workers removing barrels from the pond.
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Tesla Wins A Battle In Its War With Michigan
Tired of jousting with the governor of Michigan and its legislature over its desire to sell automobiles directly to customers in the Wolverine State, Tesla filed a federal lawsuit in 2016 claiming Michigan's refusal to permit direct sales violated its rights under the United States Constitution. Here's the relevant part of is pleadings in the
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Jaw-dropping places that people can't believe are actually in Michigan
That waterfall, that overlook, that incredible freshwater sea: Yes, this is Michigan.
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How Detroit’s Mayor Became Unbeatable
Mike Duggan pulled a symbol of American decline back from the brink. Now, he wants to finish what he started.
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Two stunning Tigers' trades in last 12 hours mean this rebuilding is for real
Good morning, Detroit. There have a been a few changes while you were sleeping.
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Michigan mom who chose baby over chemotherapy dies just days after giving birth
Michigan woman who sacrificed the chance to prolong her life in order to give birth to her sixth child has died.
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Michigan Gambled on Charter Schools. Its Children Lost
Free-market boosters, including Betsy DeVos, promised that a radical expansion of charter schools would fix the stark inequalities in the state’s education system. The results in the classrooms are far more complicated. By Mark Binelli.
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