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Brendan O'Connor · 01/17/16 08:19PM
10 People Have Died of Legionnaire's Disease in Flint, Where the Water is Poisoned
Jordan Sargent · 01/13/16 08:38PMNational Guard to Help Distribute Bottled Water in Flint, Michigan
Brendan O'Connor · 01/12/16 10:05PMMichigan governor Rick Snyder has activated the National Guard to help distribute bottled water and filters in the city of Flint, the Associated Press reports. The governor has been accused of mishandling the city’s lead-poisoning crisis—ongoing since April 2014—which he may have known about long before declaring a state of emergency last week.
How Much Did Michigan Governor Rick Snyder Know About Flint's Poisoned Water?
Jordan Sargent · 01/08/16 03:05PMThe water in Flint, Mich. is poisoned. On Tuesday, many months after its residents rightly suspected its water might be tainted and sickening, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder declared a state of emergency. On Thursday, Flint Mayor Karen Weaver said the cash-poor city might need to come up with as much $1.5 billion to fix its water system, a sad coda to a crisis that stems from a broken down city looking to save money anywhere it could.
American Hero Hangs Up Her Cape
Jordan Sargent · 12/11/15 03:25PMBack in October, 46-year-old Tatiana Duva-Rodriguez fired her handgun at two men fleeing a Home Depot in Michigan, hitting a tire in the car they were escaping in. But after being charged herself with reckless use of a firearm and sentenced to 18 months probation she announced that she has chosen to spite America... by never shooting wildly at random people ever again.
Michigan Mayor Defends City Against CNN Allegation That Muslims Live There
Sam Biddle · 11/23/15 03:46PMAlabama and Michigan Suspend Relocation of Syrian Refugees
Brendan O'Connor · 11/16/15 12:14AMWrestling Coach, Under Investigation for Cancer Hoax, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Teen Boy
Jay Hathaway · 11/11/15 03:38PMWatch an Enormous Power Plant Implode Into Glorious Oblivion
Melissa Cronin · 11/07/15 04:46PMConcealed Gun Carrier Charged for Allegedly Shooting at Shoplifters in Home Depot Parking Lot
Jay Hathaway · 10/13/15 12:23PMWoman With Concealed-Carry License Shoots at Home Depot Shoplifters, May Not Face Charges
Jay Hathaway · 10/07/15 04:42PMMichigan Farmer Digs Up Woolly Mammoth Skeleton
Brendan O'Connor · 10/03/15 09:50AMJailed Kids Who Refused to See Their Dad Now Live With Him After Controversial Therapy
Jay Hathaway · 09/10/15 10:03AMCops: Man Shot in Groin Over Potato Chips in Detroit
Hudson Hongo · 09/02/15 10:15PMAt Least One of the Michigan State Reps. Involved in Affair Won't Resign
Jay Hathaway · 08/14/15 04:30PMMichigan state rep. Cindy Gamrat on Friday held her first press conference since being caught in an affair with her fellow representative, Todd Courser—despite Courser’s incredibly bizarre attempt to cover it up by implicating himself in a gay sex scandal. Gamrat announced that, pending the results of an investigation, she will not resign.
State Rep. Claims He Was Blackmailed Into Planting Fake Gay Sex Rumor About Himself
Taylor Berman · 08/10/15 12:50PMMichigan Rep. Todd Courser, the man who sent an anonymous mass email to start a fake gay sex rumor about himself to deflect attention from the real extramarital affair he had with fellow state representative Cindy Gamrat, now says he was blackmailed into sending the email by something called the “Lansing mafia” and his now-former aides.
State Rep. Planted Gay Sex Scandal to Hide Relationship With Tea Partier
Taylor Berman · 08/07/15 11:03AMIf you’re a conservative state representative having an affair with a colleague, you have a few options. You could fess up, you could keep lying, or, if you’re Michigan State Rep. Todd Courser, you could allegedly try to plant a fake male prostitution story about yourself to deflect attention from your relationship with fellow Tea Party “gladiator” Rep. Cindy Gamrat, news of which you fear is about to break.