Tag: flint water crisis
50K Bottles and Counting: Judge Mathis Ensures...
Tanasia Kenney - November 7, 2019
Judge Greg Mathis continued his water donation campaign Saturday by gifting 50,000 bottles of water to the students in Flint, Michigan. The TV personality and...
Engineer Moses West's Innovative Machine Creates Safe,...
Tanasia Kenney - October 25, 2019
No, it's not magic. It's the system behind Moses West's innovative machine that's making it so communities in need have access to safe drinking...
Mari Copeny, aka Little Miss Flint, Raises...
Tanasia Kenney - October 8, 2019
Flint activist Amaryianna "Mari" Copeny, better known as Little Miss Flint, knows the impact of the city's water contamination crisis all too well. Now...
2 Million Gallons of Sewage Water Spill...
Kiersten Willis - August 25, 2019
As the water crisis continues to grip Flint, Michigan, now the city must contend with the millions of gallons of sewage water...
'Please Tell Me Some Heads Are Going...
Kiersten Willis - July 2, 2019
Two weeks after the stunning move to drop all criminal charges against the remaining eight government officials who had been criminally charged...
Defendants in Flint Water Crisis Case Offered...
Kiersten Willis - June 25, 2019
Five Michigan government workers who were charged in crimes stemming from the Flint Water Crisis have been handed offers to return to...
'Justice Delayed': Prosecutors Dismiss All Criminal Charges...
Tanasia Kenney - June 14, 2019
To the shock of many, the Michigan Attorney General's Office has dismissed all pending criminal charges related to the Flint Water Crisis, citing grave...
Flint Receives Remaining $77.7M in Federal Funding...
Tanasia Kenney - April 18, 2019
The state of Michigan has released the remaining $77.7 million in federal funding for water infrastructure improvements in Flint as the city works to...
White House Offers Aid to Notre Dame...
The White House has offered "assistance in the rehabilitation" of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France after flames ripped through the historic 12th century...
'A Slap In the Face': Hundreds of...
Tanasia Kenney - March 28, 2019
A Flint, Michigan, couple said they were out "urban exploring" when they stumbled upon a shocking discovery — stockpiles of bottled water left inside...
Mari 'Little Miss Flint' Copeny Takes on...
Tanasia Kenney - December 16, 2018
Trump apologist Tomi Lahren just got owned by an 11-year-old girl. On Wednesday, the Fox News commentator proposed spending $5 billion taxpayer dollars to fund...
Flint Replaces Significant Number of Lead, Iron...
Tanasia Kenney - December 5, 2018
Flint Mayor Karen Weaver on Tuesday announced that city officials have excavated all of the lead and iron pipelines it targeted following the crippling...
Judge Greg Mathis Details State of Ongoing...
Judge Greg Mathis said it was his good friend Aretha Franklin who lit a fire under him to go back and help the people...
Flint Threatens Shutoffs, Liens In Effort to...
Tanasia Kenney - May 21, 2018
Flint leaders are doing everything they can to keep the city's water fund out of the red. In an effort to keep the fund solvent,...
Report: Flint Sees 75 Percent Drop In...
Tanasia Kenney - February 11, 2018
The city of Flint is in crisis mode yet again, except this time, there's no water involved — at least not directly. Just as Gov....
Flint Mayor Says 'Significant Progress' Is Being...
The mayor of Flint, Mich. says more than 6,200 lead pipes have been replaced so far in the wake of the city's crippling water...
In Wake of Water Crisis, Michigan Aims...
Tanasia Kenney - November 29, 2017
Gov. Rick Snyder's administration in is talks to launch a plan that would mandate the replacement of every underground lead pipe in Michigan within...
ACLU Demands Benefits for Children Impacted by...
WNEM TV 5 Amid Flint's ongoing water crisis, the American Civil Liberties Union is fighting to secure the health and educational needs of students...
Ten-Year-Old Little Miss Flint Awarded $25,000 Scholarship...
https://youtu.be/5B3sRQDGzA8 Ten-year-old Amariyanna "Mari" Copeny, better known as Little Miss Flint, received quite the surprise this week after she was gifted with a $25,000 scholarship...
Michigan Governor Refuses to Change Testimony on...
Associated Press - October 13, 2017
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's governor insisted Thursday that his congressional testimony regarding the Flint water crisis "was truthful and I stand by it,"...
Flint Water Crisis: 6th Michigan Official Charged...
A special prosecutor on Monday, Oct. 9, filed additional charges against Michigan's chief medical officer, accusing her of involuntary manslaughter and misconduct in office...