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Flint Water Emergency
Updated: Oct. 14, 2020 at 10:44 AM EDT
|By Associated Press
Flint is in the homestretch of digging down to water lines at more than 25,000 properties and replacing them if necessary, as part of a lawsuit settlement.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2020 at 11:04 AM EDT
|By ABC12 News Staff
The lawsuit claims the financial institutions underwrote municipal bonds to pay for the ill-fated switch to drawing drinking water from the Flint river in April 2014.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2020 at 2:35 PM EDT
|By ABC12 News Staff
Flint families may get nutritious food that can limit the effects of lead exposure during mobile food pantry hours set for September at locations throughout Flint.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2020 at 6:13 PM EDT
|By Ann Pierret
Federal leaders stopped in Flint Wednesday to share what's being done to sustain the Flint Registry, a critical resource.
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Updated: Aug. 26, 2020 at 12:24 AM EDT
|By Angie Hendershot
As the state reaches a 600 million dollar settlement for Flint's youngest victims -- a boy born into the water crisis is four years old. Taylor's mother says they are finally seeing some justice.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2020 at 5:58 PM EDT
|By Ann Pierret
More than 4 years and countless hearings later, a historic settlement has been reached with the state. Melissa Mays is reminding her community this is just the beginning.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2020 at 5:49 PM EDT
|By Ann Pierret
John Snyder has become one of the faces for the widespread devastation caused by improperly treated water, leading to criminal and civil litigation.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2020 at 5:18 PM EDT
|By Mark Bullion
Former Flint mayor Karen Weaver, Flint City Councilman Eric Mays and other community activists are collectively responding to the Flint water civil lawsuit settlement, offered up by the state.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2020 at 12:14 PM EDT
|By ABC12 News Staff
The state has set up a new website to provide official information about the status of the proposed agreement and payouts for Flint residents.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2020 at 7:32 PM EDT
|By Mark Bullion
Weaver knows the real work and justice is far from over.
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Updated: Aug. 20, 2020 at 6:33 PM EDT
|By Ann Pierret
A complex legal process has to play out before any of the money is disbursed.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2020 at 6:32 PM EDT
|By Ann Pierret
Best friends and cousins Matthew and Chase Bell were born just months after the Flint water switch in 2014.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2020 at 2:11 PM EDT
|By ABC12 News Staff
Money alone can’t do justice for what residents endured as a result of the Flint water crisis, according to the city’s congressman and state senator.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2020 at 1:14 PM EDT
|By ABC12 News Staff
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha believes the crisis should serve as a lesson to government now and in the future.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2020 at 11:26 AM EDT
|By ABC12 News Staff
The amount of each individual award will depend on how many claims are received and how many are paid out.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2020 at 10:07 AM EDT
|By ABC12 News Staff
The majority of the money will settle claims filed on behalf of children
Updated: Aug. 19, 2020 at 6:50 PM EDT
|By ABC12 News Staff
A major announcement could be coming of a $600 million settlement in the ongoing Flint water crisis civil lawsuits.
Updated: Aug. 13, 2020 at 3:13 PM EDT
|By ABC12 News Staff
Residents have until Sept. 18 to sign up for the program before it ends for good in the fall.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2020 at 11:24 PM EDT
|By Elisse Ramey
"We got together and started working on the lawsuit September 2015. We filed January 2016, and it's just been a constant back and forth of getting permission to sue," said Flint activist and mother Melissa Mays.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2020 at 4:56 PM EDT
|By Mark Bullion
COVID-19 has taken a toll on just about everyone in some way, shape or form. One place you might not think of is Genesee Health System’s Neuro-developmental Center For Excellence, where lead testing is done on children who may have been exposed to lead during the water emergency.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2020 at 4:35 PM EDT
|By Mark Bullion
Former NBA players Rasheed Wallace and Stephen Jackson stopped in Flint Friday to help hand out water to residents.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 11:43 PM EDT
|By Elisse Ramey
Some Flint students will have to guard against COVID-19 while also managing the lingering and harmful effects of the Flint Water Crisis.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2020 at 7:21 PM EDT
|By ABC12 News Staff
Produce expected to be available to families in July includes apples, onions, potatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, zucchini, tomatoes, lettuce, asparagus, cabbage or celery, sour cream, French onion dip, white milk, chocolate milks, strawberry milk, cottage cheese and cream cheese.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2020 at 2:06 PM EDT
|By ABC12 News Team
The foundation announced a five-year commitment to giving $100 million to the community in May 2016. Grants announced on Monday push the foundation's giving over $106 million.
Updated: Jun. 26, 2020 at 5:26 PM EDT
|By Ann Pierret
With movement in the civil cases now, Flood had a message for the people of Flint -- stay patient and hopeful.
Updated: Jun. 25, 2020 at 7:00 PM EDT
|By Ann Pierret
He's testifying in civil lawsuits with the hearing scheduled to last through Friday. It's only the second time Snyder has faced questioning about the crisis.
Updated: Jun. 18, 2020 at 5:20 PM EDT
|By ABC12 News Team
The funding would pay for continued Flint water crisis relief efforts through the registry, which connects residents with resources to deal with health and development issues caused by lead exposure.
Updated: Jun. 12, 2020 at 6:13 PM EDT
|By Ann Pierret
One year ago, criminal charges were dropped against state and local officials believed responsible for the Flint Water Emergency. The bombshell announcement came shortly after the Attorney General's Office put a new team on the investigation.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2020 at 6:03 PM EDT
|By Associated Press
Snyder and Dillon argued that they can’t be forced to sit through depositions while they’re still trying to get dismissed from lawsuits based on immunity.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2020 at 4:34 PM EDT
|By ABC12 News Team
Mayor Sheldon Neeley said construction crews will resume work this week and he hopes they will complete the last 15% of work by the end of this year.
Updated: May. 1, 2020 at 4:43 PM EDT
|By ABC12 News Team
Flint families may get nutritious food that can limit the effects of lead exposure during mobile food pantry hours set for May at locations throughout Flint.
Updated: Apr. 24, 2020 at 5:59 PM EDT
|By Ann Pierret
Saturday, April 25, marks six years since the button was pushed, changing Flint's drinking water source to the Flint River. A move that kick-started the City's water crisis as contaminated, untreated water poisoned the community.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2020 at 6:23 PM EDT
|By Ann Pierret
Ten months ago, a bombshell, all criminal charges in the Flint Water investigation dropped. The announcement came shortly after the Attorney General's new Flint Water Investigative team took over.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2020 at 6:21 PM EDT
|By Ann Pierret
Six years ago, the City of Flint switched its drinking water source to the Flint River. The contaminated water poisoned the City.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2020 at 12:48 PM EDT
|By ABC12 News Team
The six-year anniversary on April 25 is not a deadline to bring new charges, according to Michigan Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud and Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2020 at 5:36 PM EST
|By ABC12 News Team
Produce expected to be available to families in March includes potatoes, onions and apples.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2020 at 2:38 PM EST
|By ABC12 News Team
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is looking to renew this coverage, officials are asking for public feedback before filing an application.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2020 at 7:48 PM EST
|By Ann Pierret
Adding up the numbers -- $46,382,475 was spent on economic development in the city of Flint beginning in 2016, when the water crisis was declared an emergency.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2020 at 12:37 PM EST
|By ABC12 News Team
Produce expected to be available to families in February includes potatoes and apples.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2020 at 10:06 AM EST
|By ABC 12 News Team
A health services referral program announced it was extending a special sign up offer.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2020 at 11:36 AM EST
|By Associated Press
Approximately 25,000 people have sued over the crisis, in which a change in the source of the city's water resulted in lead contamination.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2020 at 6:29 PM EST
|By Elisse Ramey
'I'm frustrated as a resident. I'm frustrated as the mayor. I was frustrated as a state representative,' said Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2020 at 3:38 PM EST
|By ABC12 News Team
The FDA says Michigan health officials asked the agency to collect the state's samples of the bottled water and have it tested for microbial quality and filth.
Updated: Jan. 8, 2020 at 5:26 PM EST
|By ABC12 News Staff
The charge against former state official Liane Shekter-Smith was dismissed today as part of a plea deal reached under the previous special water prosecution team.
Updated: Jan. 8, 2020 at 12:54 PM EST
|By Elisse Ramey
Liane Shekter-Smith's case was dismissed in a Genesee County courtroom on Wednesday under the terms of her plea deal.
Updated: Jan. 7, 2020 at 6:19 PM EST
|By Ann Pierret
Nearly $400 million flowed into Flint from the state, but where that money went is unclear.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2020 at 6:48 AM EST
|By ABC12 News Staff
On January 5, 2016 then-Governor Rick Snyder declared a state of Emergency for Genesee County.
Updated: Jan. 2, 2020 at 5:44 PM EST
|By ABC12 News Team
They hope to outfit the entire district by the time school resumes in January.
Updated: Dec. 27, 2019 at 1:59 PM EST
|By ABC12 News Team
Produce expected to be available to families in January includes potatoes, carrots and onions.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2019 at 1:59 PM EST
|By ABC12 News Team
Residents have complained that the water smells musty when they open the bottles.