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Michigan has meanwhile presented itself as the ground zero of water problems, as the people of Detroit worked to make themselves a model for solutions.

“That’s why a lot of people in Detroit are choosing water over medicine, water over rent, water over new shoes for their kids." “Because it’s such a huge percentage of people’s income right now.”

"We are deeply disappointed Gov. Snyder approved legislation that will keep oil pumping through the damaged Line 5 Pipeline for another decade or more."

"Our caution has to do with the particular way marijuana legalization has occurred in the U.S.: at the ballot box."

Even as they passed the measures, lawmakers made it clear that they did so not to enshrine them in law, but to create an opportunity to water them down later.

"Four years later, my son, for example, we still can't safely use our water, he can't take a bath without telling me it burns."

“I wanted every kid in Flint to be reminded that the world sees them, supports them and loves them.”

Nick Lyon will stand trial for involuntary manslaughter after a Legionnaires' disease outbreak reportedly killed 12 and sickened close to 90 people in 2014 and 2015.

"I always wanted to come back here, but it's like the town has been damaged by this."

Over 12,000 lead or galvanized steel pipes that could potentially bring lead-contaminated water are still in use.