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January 13, 2021

Michigan Ex-Governor Charged over Flint Water Crisis
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The Associated Press reports former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and
other former officials are being charged in the wake of a new
investigation of the Flint water crisis. In 2014, Flint's unelected
emergency manager, appointed by then-Governor Snyder, switched the
city's water supply to the Flint River as a cost-saving measure. The
move has been linked to at least 12 deaths from an outbreak of
Legionnaires' diseases and widespread lead poisoning in residents,
including children, in the majority-Black city.


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