Flint water crisis

This latest round of Lead and Copper Rule monitoring spanning six consecutive months showed 90% of water samples collected were at or below 7 parts per billion for lead, compared with 3 parts per billion in the first half of the year.

Since last August, the percentage of water coming from Genesee County has risen, while the amount coming from Great Lakes Water Authority has declined. By the end of the week, 100% of Flint’s tap water should be coming from the county.

Former MDHHS director Nick Lyon is one of nine people criminally charged, a year ago this week, as part of the state’s investigation into the Flint water crisis.

A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit against Veolia North America, an engineering company in Flint accused of taking inadequate measures to prevent lead-contamination in the city's water.

Starting Wednesday, Flint residents can begin submitting documents needed to verify their claims. They have until the middle of May to qualify for part of the settlement.

Seven defendants, including former State Health Director Nick Lyon, are due in court Wednesday for a motions hearing.

A “remarkable achievement,” that’s how U.S. District Court Judge Judith Levy describes the roughly $626 million settlement in her 178 page opinion.

Under the settlement, the state of Michigan has agreed to pay Liane Shekter Smith $300,000 and her 2016 departure from her job will now be classified as a voluntary resignation instead of a firing.

A prosecutor told the judge the team has not used the defense documents, so the breach is not significant.

McLaren Flint Hospital originally committed $20 million to the settlement. That now drops to $5 million.