Yearly Archives: 2016

Former students of the historic Fremont High School can now call their alma mater home thanks to the Home Renewal Systems LLC’s vision to rehabilitate the old school into senior housing. Now the developer is being recognized for bringing that vision to life.

Results from round two of Sentinel Site water testing in Flint shows fewer sites are over the federal action level for lead than were found in round one, but concerns remain, Gov. Rick Snyder said today.

Gov. Rick Snyder today thanked Flint-area members of the Michigan Credit Union League for donating $50,000 worth of gift cards to residents who have been working with the state and federal government to monitor lead levels in the water in their homes.

Civil rights attorneys from the Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice, National Lawyers Guild, Sanders Law Firm, the ACLU and the Center for Constitutional Rights have filed an appeal in Phillips v. Snyder, a 2013 federal lawsuit challenging Michigan’s controversial emergency manager law, Public Act 436.

The Consumers Energy Foundation announced today it has recently awarded grants worth $122,500 to nonprofit organizations across Michigan to recognize outstanding volunteerism by Consumers Energy employees and retirees

Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) today led a congressional delegation to Flint, Mich., to hear directly from residents affected by the city’s ongoing water crisis. In addition to Congressman Kildee, twenty-five other Members of Congress joined the trip to Flint, including Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (CA-12), Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn (SC-06), and leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus and Congressional Progressive Caucus. This is the third delegation to visit Flint with Congressman Kildee in recent weeks.

Flint residents will be hired to assist with water distribution at clean water resource sites across the city through a partnership between the state and GST Michigan Works!, Gov. Rick Snyder announced today

Flint residents will be hired to assist with water distribution at clean water resource sites across the city through a partnership between the state and GST Michigan Works!, Gov. Rick Snyder announced today.

Today, the Subcommittee on Water, Power, and Oceans held a hearing to review federal regulations exacerbating California’s drought crisis even while El Niño is providing significant precipitation for the region

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