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Senator Peters Floor Remarks on Flint Assistance Amendment Package WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) spoke on the Senate Floor today on the amendment package he is introducing with Senator Debbie Stabenow (MI) to assist families in Flint following the water crisis. “Mr. President, I rise today...

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  Another hurdle for City Councilman Eric Mays By: Quentin Barrett Councilman Eric Mays plans to appeal a decision by 67th District Court Judge Richard D. Ball that will land Mr. Mays in jail for 28 days. This sentence is the result of the court proceedings surrounding Mays’ arrest...

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  By Charles H. Winfrey   Adamant in her resolve to fix Flint’s water woes for Flint’s people, Mayor Karen Weaver has achieved what many pundits believed impossible. She has gotten Governor Rick Snyder to declare a state of emergency in the City of Flint because of its contaminated...

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State Representative Sheldon Neeley (D-Flint) calling for Gov. Rick Snyder to forgive the debt of Flint Community Schools: “In the aftermath of the resignation of Dan Wyant as director of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), there remains much to be done in regards to the long-term health...

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The following is an article by state Representative Sheldon Neeley (D-Flint). Rep. Neeley can be reached by phone at (517) 373-8808 or by email at sneeley@house.mi.gov. Since this past April, the city of Flint has been under control of a Receivership Transition Advisory Board (RTAB) after the community had...

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It may not be time now, but you need to prepare to change your water filter cartridge soon! Water filter cartridge distribution, both Brita® and Pur, will be distributed at Genesee County Community Action Resource Department (GCCARD) offices beginning Wednesday, November 4 from 9:00am to 4:00pm at its two...

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Proclaiming that on November 3,2015, she saw “mustard seed faith inaction,” Mayor Karen Williams Weaver mesmerized the standing room-only crowd at Flint City Council Chambers with an inauguration speech that pulled no punches.To those who questioned her audacity to run for Mayor, she said: “to the experts, we were...

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FLINT, MI – Claressa Shields made history over the weekend as the first American female boxer to win two straight Olympic Trials titles. She scored a 3-0 victory over her rival Tika Hemingway of Brackenridge, Pa., on Saturday at Memphis Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tenn. The bout was...

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DECISION FOR FLINT RIVER WATER MADE BY MAYOR WALLING AND CITY COUNCIL: DARNELL EARLY By Charles H. Winfrey After the decision to switch to the Flint River as the city’s water source exploded in his face, Mayor Walling has been trying desperately to wiggle himself out of responsibility for...

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In light of the current public health emergency for Flint City water customers, the Al Serra Auto Plaza has designated their service departments as drop-off locations for bottled water. In return for a donation of 12 or more water bottles in an unopened and sealed case or 4 sealed...

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