The Flint Water Crisis

A judge dismissed criminal charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder in the Flint water crisis, months after the state Supreme Court said indictments returned by a one-person grand jury were invalid.

This week, a judge tossed out charges against seven defendants in the case.

A Michigan judge dismissed charges Tuesday against seven people in the Flint water scandal, including two former state health officials blamed for deaths from Legionnaires' disease.

On Wednesday, yet another former government official invoked their constitutional right against self-incrimination during a Flint water crisis civil trial.

The Michigan Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday on whether defendants in the Flint water criminal case were denied a key constitutional right. If they win, charges against defendants going all the way up to ex-Governor Rick Snyder could be thrown out.

A federal judge Monday denied motions by former Gov. Rick Snyder and four others to quash subpoenas calling for them to testify in a civil trial tied to the Flint water crisis.

A federal trial is underway to decide if engineering firms that advised the city of Flint on water issues bear some responsibility for the city's water crisis.

The new infrastructure legislation makes money available to remove potentially poisonous pipes around the country. In Flint, Mich., mistrust runs deeper than the plumbing does.

The settlement sets aside nearly 79.5% for children exposed to Flint’s lead tainted tap water between 2014 and 2015.

In a 22-page report last month, an arbitrator said Liane Shekter Smith was a ‘public scapegoat,’ adding the state failed to show cause to fire her in 2016. Other state officials were suspended with pay and later returned to work.