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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.
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Liane Shekter Smith was the head of the state's drinking water office when Flint's drinking water was contaminated with lead.
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Liane Shekter-Smith sat quietly in court Wednesday as the Michigan Solicitor General railed against the plea deal that was about to lead to the dismissal…
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Two state officials will be sentenced next month on charges connected to the Flint water crisis.Mike Prysby and Stephen Busch both entered pleas of no…
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It’s back to court Monday for four defendants in the Flint water crisis investigation.At the time of Flint’s ill-fated drinking water switch, district…
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Four current and former Michigan Department of Environmental Quality employees criminally charged in the Flint water crisis are scheduled to return to…
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One of the Flint residents to first sound the alarm about the city’s water problems testified today that state environmental officials refused to…
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The government's chief prosecutor in the Flint water crisis criminal case suggests top officials pressured state employees to switch Flint’s water source…
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The stage is set for the next step in the Flint water crisis criminal probe.Today, a judge scheduled preliminary exams for five water crisis defendants…
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This will be a busy week for Flint water crisis prosecutors.A Monday court hearing will handle motions in the criminal cases against five MDEQ employees,…