Flint water crisis

Some Flint residents have expressed frustration with the complicated claim process. To address this issue, lawyers will spend Saturday and Sunday at the Flint Development Center on Martin Luther King Avenue answering questions and helping people organize their paperwork.

Flint residents will now have until June 30 to file a claim for a share of a $626 million legal settlement tied to the Flint water crisis. The original deadline to file a claim had been this Thursday.

To date, only about 13,000 official claims have been filed for part of the $626 million settlement. The deadline to submit a claim in May 12.

Cities around the Great Lakes region struggle with the cost of water maintenance and operation as their populations decline.

The former governor and four others are fighting subpoenas to testify in the civil trial. They are all facing criminal charges related to the Flint water crisis.

The case involves damage claims on behalf of four children exposed to Flint’s lead tainted tap water. They’re suing two engineering firms hired as consultants on Flint’s water system. The companies deny responsibility.

Gerald Ambrose declined to testify at the Flint water civil trial.

Snyder is among five potential witnesses in a federal civil trial who are facing criminal charges in connection with the crisis.

Detroit writer Kelsey Ronan’s debut novel poses rich questions about how we carry the collective histories of the places and people we come from.

Former Mayor Dayne Walling testified he was not made aware of Veolia’s concerns. Walling said a report produced by Veolia engineers on the city’s water issues did not mention lead. On Tuesday, Walling testified, while Flint was under an emergency manager there were things happening, that were not reaching his desk.