Insider Intelligence

This week the Chairman of the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reforms Committee announced his committee will hold additional hearings on the Flint Water Crisis.  Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) stated “We are committed to investigating the failures in Flint. We appreciate Governor Snyder’s willingness to appear before the Committee and look forward to hearing from […]

This week, Governor Rick Snyder announced a plan that would hire fifty Flint residents to assist with water testing in the city.  The state is partnering with Orchards Children’s Services and the Flint YMCA’s Safe Places Program to hire and train the residents this month, to fill jobs on teams helping conduct water tests across […]

Today, before a joint House and Senate Appropriations Committee, Governor Rick Snyder and State Budget Director John Roberts presented the executive budget recommendations for the 2016-2017 Fiscal Year.  The overall budget recommendation totals $54.9 billion, an increase of 0.8% over last year. Beginning his presentation, the Governor addressed four challenge areas; the Flint water crisis, […]

On Wednesday, Governor Rick Snyder announced that as part of his upcoming budget proposal on February 10, he would ask the legislature to approve a $30 million water consumption credit plan for the residents of Flint to keep their water service on and eliminate the need to pay for water they cannot completely trust to […]

On Tuesday, February 2, Michigan Congresswoman Candice Miller (R-Harrison Twp.), introduced the Drinking Water Contamination Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2016, providing $1 billion in funding to replace the underground water line infrastructure in the City of Flint.  While the Congresswoman acknowledge the State of Michigan is culpable for the situation, she stated the federal […]

On Thursday, January 28, Michigan Senators Debbie Stabenow (D) and Gary Peters (D), along with Michigan Congressman Dan Kildee (D-Flint), announced legislation providing aid to the City of Flint.  The proposal would provide up to $400 million in new federal emergency funding to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help replace or fix the City […]

This week the Senate unanimously passed an amended version of a House bill providing $28 million in state funding for the Flint water crisis.  Prior to final passage by the Senate, several amendments were adopted to the bill in both the Senate Appropriations Committee and on the Senate floor.  The most notable change to the […]

This week, all but one of the members of the Flint Water Interagency Coordinating Committee were announced.  The committee is comprised of seventeen members and is housed within the Michigan State Police.  It is tasked with making recommendations on the health and welfare of individuals exposed to lead, studying Flint’s water infrastructure and determining potential […]