Monthly Archives: February 2016

Gov. Rick Snyder’s office today started making public Executive Office emails, accompanying documents and related materials from Snyder’s briefings regarding the Flint water crisis from 2011 through Jan. 5, 2016, when the state declared an emergency in the city.

Flint residents will receive credits on their water bills for water they could not drink from the $30 million budget supplemental signed today by Gov. Rick Snyder.

Gov. Rick Snyder today announced the appointment of Gen. Michael McDaniel, of East Lansing, to the Flint Water Interagency Coordinating Committee

Gov. Rick Snyder today urged residents across Michigan to prepare for the forecast of severe winter weather conditions. He also instructed state agencies to proactively make weather-related information and safety tips available and be prepared to act as they continue monitoring the storm

Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the Michigan Senate’s approval of a bill that will provide $30 million in state funding to help pay for water bills for Flint Residents

Private landowners interested in helping maintain or improve Upper Peninsula deer wintering habitat can learn more about the subject, and cost-share programs available to aid in those efforts, at a March 3 meeting the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has scheduled in Gogebic County

Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) today led a congressional delegation to Flint, Mich., and spoke at a press conference following a series of on-the-ground meetings focusing on the ongoing Flint water crisis. A full transcript of his remarks, as delivered, is below:

Gov. Rick Snyder issued the following statement regarding today’s final passage of his proposed $30 million plan to help cover a portion of Flint residents’ water bills

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette today announced that former Augusta Township Deputy Treasurer Brendan Humeniak has been sentenced to 18 months probation, and ordered to pay over $8,900.00 in restitution to the Township, after pleading guilty as charged to three counts of Embezzlement by a Public Official.

Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) today led a congressional delegation to Flint, Mich., to hear directly from residents and local-area business owners affected by the city’s ongoing water crisis. While on the ground in Flint, Members of Congress also received a briefing on the crisis at the federal response center and toured a water distribution site. The delegation is the second delegation to visit Flint with Congressman Kildee in recent weeks.

A minimum of 61 families will be one step closer to owning a home with help from an $825,000 grant awarded to Habitat for Humanity Michigan by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority

Efforts to eliminate blight and provide mortgage and property tax assistance in Michigan’s cities can now continue to help families and communities in need thanks to $74.5 million in funding approved by the U.S. Department of Treasury under its Hardest Hit Fund program, Gov. Rick Snyder said.

Residents at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans and their families deserve higher standards of care, Gov. Rick Snyder said today, and changes are being made to address concerns released in a report today by The Office of the Auditor General.

Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today sent a letter to Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) Director Keith Creagh urging the state to take long-overdue action to finalize stricter cleanup standards for 1,4-dioxane that will bring the level permissible in groundwater more in line with the national standard and help accelerate cleanup of an underground dioxane plume that has been spreading through groundwater systems in Ann Arbor for decades

Flint will receive an additional $2 million from the state to help with water infrastructure replacement costs, Gov. Rick Snyder said today, which will be available for the city to start removing priority lead service lines within the next 30 days. Under Mayor Weaver’s plan, which relies on estimates from the Lansing Board of Water and Light, this funding would cover replacement of lead service lines for several hundred homes.