Flint water crisis

“The City of Flint’s ongoing failures to finish the job it committed to in 2017 are causing new harms to the Flint community," said Sarah Tallman, a senior attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Former Flint public works director Howard Croft was among nine former government officials indicted by a one-judge grand jury as part of a state investigation.

The Lead and Copper Drinking Water Rule Revision governing lead in drinking water underwent a major revision after the Flint water crisis.

Media coverage of the Flint water crisis often included pictures of the city’s 70-year-old water tower.

On April 25, 2014, Flint's drinking water source was switched to the Flint River. The intent of the switch was to save the city millions of dollars. The result was an environmental disaster.

"The city has mismanaged this program and has missed its deadlines,” said NRDC attorney Addie Rolnick.

In a new study, Virginia Tech professor Marc Edwards suggests the increase in Flint children entering special education programs since the crisis may be partially driven by the media and parents telling healthy children they’re learning impaired because of their lead exposure.

Judge Newblatt's decision is the latest court ruling moving the $626 million settlement forward.

Democratic state Representative Brenda Carter has introduced a bill to repeal the state's Local Financial Stability and Choice Act, which authorized the state to impose emergency financial managers on financially distressed cities and school districts.

Special master Deborah Greenspan Deborah said processing all the paperwork submitted by last June has taken much longer than expected.