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| 2024 |
Flint water crisis
Jordan Chariton published a book titled 'We the Poisoned: Exposing the Flint Water Crisis Cover-Up and the Poisoning of 100,000 Americans'.
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| 2024 |
Flint water crisis
The documentary 'Lead and Copper' was released, further examining the Flint water crisis.
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| August 2024 |
Flint water crisis
Water testing revealed a significant drop in lead levels in Flint's drinking water.
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| April 2024 |
Flint water crisis
WDIV-TV broadcast a documentary called 'Failure in Flint: 20 Years Later' highlighting the ongoing aftermath of the water crisis.
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| April 2024 |
Flint water crisis
The Flint community organized a march commemorating the ten-year anniversary of the water crisis.
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| March 13 2024 |
Flint water crisis
A scientific article published in Science Advances reported measurable detrimental effects of the water crisis on Flint children's mental health and school performance. The City of Flint was also held in contempt of court for failing to meet court-ordered deadlines for water line replacement and property repair.
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| February 2024 |
Flint water crisis
Flint residents reached a $25 million settlement with engineering firm Veolia North America, addressing damages from the water crisis.
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| 2023 |
Flint water crisis
Status Coup journalist Jordan Chariton interviewed a black woman whose children became sick and died due to the water crisis.
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| October 2023 |
Flint water crisis
A Michigan judge dropped the felony charges against government officials involved in the Flint water scandal, effectively concluding the criminal prosecution related to the water crisis.
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| October 30 2023 |
St. Croix water crisis
Governor Albert Bryan declared a state of emergency for St. Croix due to lead contamination in the tap water from the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA).
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| October 16 2023 |
St. Croix water crisis
The Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority conducted water testing which revealed high levels of lead and copper in several water samples.
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| September 2023 |
Flint water crisis
The Michigan Supreme Court declined to review the lower court ruling that dismissed felony charges related to the Flint Water Crisis. Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley publicly criticized the decision, expressing concerns about the city's trust in the judicial system.
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| April 2023 |
Flint water crisis
Members of 'Water You Fighting For?' and the 'Democracy Defense League' organized a rally on the ninth anniversary of the crisis to unite the community and maintain hope in their fight for clean water.
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| March 2023 |
Flint water crisis
The Genesee County Circuit Court approved the Flint water settlement, providing a legal resolution to the long-standing water crisis.
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| July 2022 |
Flint water crisis
By mid-July, the city of Flint had inspected 27,133 service lines and replaced 10,059 lead and galvanized lines, entering what they called the 'final phase' of lead line replacements to be completed by the end of the year.
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| June 28 2022 |
Flint water crisis
The Michigan Supreme Court unanimously overturned the state's use of one-man grand juries for indictments in Flint water criminal cases, invalidating multiple charges against government officials including Nick Lyon, Rick Snyder, Richard Baird, Jarrod Agen, Eden Wells, Darnell Earley, Gerald Ambrose, Howard Croft, and Nancy Peeler.
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| January 17 2022 |
Flint water crisis
Jordan Chariton and Charlie LeDuff revealed that the prosecution team for a RICO case against government officials related to the Flint water crisis was disbanded in 2019 by incoming attorney general Dana Nessel, who launched new investigations but dropped the RICO case.
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| November 2021 |
Flint water crisis
Federal District Court Judge Judith E. Levy approved a $626 million settlement in the civil lawsuit against the state of Michigan and other defendants related to the Flint water crisis.
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| July 21 2021 |
Flint water crisis
An investigative report by Jordan Chariton and Jenn Dize published in The Intercept revealed that several key players in the Flint water crisis and subsequent cover-up had their phones wiped before investigators could examine them.
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| May 2021 |
Flint water crisis
The Michigan Strategic Fund approved up to $700 million in private activity financing as part of the Flint water crisis settlement agreement, which received preliminary court approval earlier in the year.
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| January 13 2021 |
Flint water crisis
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announces criminal charges of willful neglect of office against former Governor Rick Snyder, with eight other individuals also being indicted in connection with the Flint water crisis.
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| 2020 |
Flint water crisis
Candy J. Cooper and Marc Aronson published 'Poisoned Water: How the Citizens of Flint, Michigan, Fought for Their Lives and Warned the Nation', documenting the community's response to the water crisis.
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| August 20 2020 |
Flint water crisis
Victims of the water crisis were awarded a combined settlement of $600 million, with 80% going to families of children affected.
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| June 25 2020 |
Flint water crisis
BlueConduit releases the Flint Service Line Map, an interactive tool allowing residents to check the probability of lead service line connections and track pipe replacement progress in the Flint water crisis recovery.
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| April 16 2020 |
Flint water crisis
An article is published revealing evidence of potential corruption and coverup by Governor Snyder and his advisor Rich Baird, with allegations of serious felony misconduct-in-office charges approaching a statute of limitations deadline on April 25, 2020.
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| February 21 2020 |
Flint water crisis
As part of the Flint water crisis recovery efforts, 25,042 water service lines have been excavated, with 9,516 lead pipes replaced and 15,526 existing copper pipes verified.
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| January 2020 |
Flint water crisis
The Supreme Court declined to hear cases involving Flint water crisis officials, allowing two lawsuits to proceed in lower courts. The Sixth Circuit Appeals Court had previously rejected city officials' claims of immunity, asserting citizens' constitutional right to 'bodily integrity' due to harm from the 2014 water source switch.
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| January 8 2020 |
Flint water crisis
A Genesee County judge dismissed a misdemeanor charge of disturbance of a lawful meeting against Liane Shekter-Smith, a key figure in the Flint water crisis legal proceedings.
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| 2019 |
Flint water crisis
English rock band Black Midi produced the song 'Near DT, MI', referencing the Flint water crisis.
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| 2019 |
Flint water crisis
Jaden Smith introduced a portable water filtration system called the Water Box to Flint to help address the water crisis.
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| 2019 |
Flint water crisis
PBS Frontline released 'Flint's Deadly Water', providing a comprehensive documentary about the crisis.
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| December 18 2019 |
Flint water crisis
A Genesee County judge dismissed criminal cases against former Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) employees Steven Busch and Michael Prysby in the Flint water crisis. State prosecutors conceded they had no viable path to continue the prosecution, effectively ending legal proceedings against the officials involved in the water crisis.
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| December 4 2019 |
Flint water crisis
KWR research institute publishes results re-investigating the Legionnaires' outbreak, finding evidence of multiple sources including exposure to a Flint hospital and city water.
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| October 10 2019 |
Flint water crisis
The EPA proposes updates to the Lead and Copper Rule, which had remained largely unchanged since 1991.
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| August 18 2019 |
St. Croix water crisis
An Estate Diamond resident on St. Croix reported brown and reddish contaminated water from WAPA.
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| July 31 2019 |
Flint water crisis
The city fails to meet its self-imposed deadline to replace all service lines, defaulting to the legally binding deadline of January 1, 2020.
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| July 10 2019 |
Flint water crisis
Dan Kildee reintroduced HR 3677 in the House, and Senator Tammy Duckworth introduced a companion bill S. 2086 in the Senate, both aiming to update lead water contamination regulations and lower lead action levels to 10 ppb by 2020 and 5 ppb by 2026.
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| June 2019 |
Flint water crisis
University of Michigan researchers Jake Abernethy and Eric Schwartz founded BlueConduit, a company using data science and machine learning to identify and remove lead pipes in municipalities.
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| June 2019 |
Flint water crisis
Retired Brigadier General Michael C. H. McDaniel, previously appointed by Flint Mayor Karen Weaver as program manager for lead service line replacement, joined BlueConduit as Director of Government and Customer Services.
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| June 13 2019 |
Flint water crisis
Attorney General Nessel announces charges will be dropped against eight people and investigations will be restarted in the scandal.
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| June 3 2019 |
Flint water crisis
Government-issued phones of 65 state officials, including former Governor Snyder, are seized in a criminal investigation into the water crisis.
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| May 30 2019 |
Flint water crisis
Virginia Tech professors Marc Edwards and Sid Roy publish a study in Water Research showing a connection between lead levels in Flint's sewage sludge, children's blood lead levels, and the use of Flint River as a water source.
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| April 2019 |
Flint water crisis
Members of the Faith Deliverance Center held a rally on the five-year anniversary of the water crisis, urging government officials for more help and highlighting the slow recovery process.
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| April 23 2019 |
Flint water crisis
Status Coup releases documentary 'Flushing Flint', alleging manipulation of water testing procedures by Michigan Department of Environmental Quality staff.
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| March 28 2019 |
Flint water crisis
The March 2017 settlement is amended to require the city to replace thousands of lead service lines and return to using the machine learning model for pipe identification.
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| January 2019 |
Flint water crisis
Residents and officials expressed doubt about the cleanliness of Flint's water, despite earlier claims of improvement.
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| January 4 2019 |
Flint water crisis
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel offers Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy the job of special prosecutor for Flint water crisis criminal cases, replacing Todd Flood.
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| January 2 2019 |
Flint water crisis
Governor Whitmer signs an executive directive requiring state employees to immediately report any threat to public health or safety, directly inspired by administrative decisions that led to the Flint water crisis.
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| 2018 |
Flint water crisis
Netflix released the documentary 'Flint Town', exploring the broader context of the water crisis.
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