Mar 06 Watch 3:20 Clinton, Trump show strong leads ahead of delegate-heavy Michigan primary By PBS News Hour Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump show strong poll numbers in Michigan, leading up to the state's presidential primary elections on Tuesday. At stake are 147 delegates for the Democrats and 59 for the Republicans. Michigan Public Radio reporter Rick… Continue watching
Mar 04 Sen. Mike Lee of Utah: Federal aid not needed in Flint water crisis By Matthew Daly, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah said Friday that federal aid is not needed in Flint, Michigan, where lead-contaminated pipes have resulted in an ongoing public health emergency. Continue reading
Feb 26 Ex-Michigan lawmakers face felony charges over affair, bizarre cover story By Michael Gerstein, Associated Press LANSING, Mich. -- Two former Michigan lawmakers were charged Friday with felony misconduct in office, the state attorney general announced, after their extramarital affair snowballed into a political scandal when one of them concocted a bizarre cover story about being… Continue reading
Feb 25 Cruz blocks vote on bill to resolve Flint water crisis By Matthew Daly, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is holding up bipartisan legislation to address the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, where lead-contaminated pipes have resulted in an ongoing public health emergency. Continue reading
Feb 22 Watch News Wrap: Kalamazoo gunman admits guilt in court By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, the alleged gunman responsible for a shooting spree that left six dead and two injured in Kalamazoo, Michigan, admitted guilt in his first court appearance and was denied bail. Also, the White House defended its… Continue watching
Feb 10 House backs bill to require EPA notification in lead cases By Matthew Daly, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The House on Wednesday approved legislation to clarify the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to notify the public about danger from lead in their drinking water -- the first action by Congress to respond to the water crisis in… Continue reading
Feb 09 Watch 8:32 Why Detroit’s teachers are ‘sick’ of their inadequate schools By PBS News Hour Detroit's public schools have been in financial decline for more than a decade as their enrollment plummeted. Now on the brink of insolvency, the district is confronted with decrepit buildings, a chronic lack of resources and fed up teachers who… Continue watching
Feb 03 Regulator: Michigan should have forced Flint to treat water By Matthew Daly, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Michigan should have required the city of Flint to treat its water for corrosion-causing elements after elevated lead levels were first discovered in the city's water a year ago, the state's top environmental regulator told Congress Wednesday. Continue reading
Feb 03 See a map that explains Flint’s lead test results By Mark Brush, Michigan Radio Thousands of residents of Flint, Michigan, have had their water tested for lead, and the state has been publishing the results. Michigan Radio mapped those results. Continue reading
Jan 28 Senate Democrats pitch $400 million fix for lead pipes in Flint By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Senate Democrats on Thursday proposed up to $400 million in emergency federal aid to Flint, Michigan, half of what the state's Republican governor says it will cost to replace and fix the city's lead-contaminated pipes. Continue reading