Michigan Lawmakers Approve $28M More for Flint Water Crisis
LANSING, Mich.— The Michigan Legislature voted Thursday to direct another $28 million to address Flint’s water emergency, allocating money for bottled water, medical assessments and other costs in the city struggling with a lead-contaminated supply.T...
Louis Singleton receives water filters, bottled water and a test kit from Michigan National Guard Specialist Joe Weaver as clean water supplies are distributed to residents in Flint, Mich., on Jan. 21, 2016. The National Guard, state employees, local authorities and volunteers have been distributing lead tests, filters and bottled water during the city's drinking water crisis. AP Photo/Paul Sancya
LANSING, Mich.— The Michigan Legislature voted Thursday to direct another $28 million to address Flint’s water emergency, allocating money for bottled water, medical assessments and other costs in the city struggling with a lead-contaminated supply.
The funding received quick and unanimous approval just over a week after it was proposed by Gov. Rick Snyder. The bill now heads to the governor’s desk.
“We obviously have a number of issues that we have to deal with, whether it’s infrastructure, whether it’s folks having to pay for water that obviously is undrinkable,” said Senate Minority Leader Jim Ananich, D-Flint. “But the most important I think right now ... is to start the focus on the assessment and the providing of services and this appropriation starts us on the path to do that.”
Attorney Michael Pitt on Jan. 19, 2016 in Flint, Mich., announcing two new class-action suits filed by Flint residents against Gov. Rick Snyder, former Flint Emergency Managers Darnell Earley and Jerry Ambrose, Mich. Dept. of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), Mich. Department of Health & Human Services (MDHHS), Genesee County and additional government officials. AP Photo/Carlos Osorio
