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Wednesday, March 16, 2016, demolition of the former Lake Terrace Shopping Center at 1532 Robert E. Lee Blvd. in the Gentilly neighborhood will begin. Last month, the City of New Orleans announced that after years of aggressively pursuing action against the property’s former owner, DMK Acquisitions and Properties LLC (DMK), the property would be redeveloped by local developer Kenneth Lobell.

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.

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.

Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) voted in support of legislation to recognize the persecution of Christians at the hands of ISIS as genocide and called on the Obama Administration to hold ISIS and the Assad Regime accountable for their crimes against humanity.

Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) issued the following statement today after the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a second congressional hearing on the Flint water crisis

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.

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