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Ed Kurtz, the former Flint emergency manager who started the city's break from the Detroit water system in 2013, has told a congressional committee his job here was "strictly finance" and "did not include ensuring safe drinking water."
If making money in the stock market is one of your life's goals, then flip on the TV on Tuesday morning and hope that United Airlines (UAL) CEO Oscar Munoz gets torn to pieces by lawmakers. The embattled airline CEO was grilled during a hearing in front of the House Transportation Committee on his company's botched response to the incident with Dr.
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, and U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee (MI-05) led a bipartisan letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt urging the federal agency to not close a regional office serving the Great Lakes region.
The Congressional Black Caucus is asking President Donald Trump for a briefing on his plans to help Flint recover from the city's water crisis, saying there are serious concerns about whether he's committed to continuing federal assistance. In a letter to Trump Tuesday, April 25, U.S. Reps.
A bipartisan coalition of Michigan congressional lawmakers is urging U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt to keep the Chicago EPA regional office open. U.S.
During his campaign, President Trump made promises to fix the nation’s infrastructure, saying he could get as much as $1 trillion to do so. Now, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is asking what he will do going forward regarding one of the biggest examples of infrastructure failure in the country: the Flint Water Crisis. In a letter sent to Trump on Tuesday, Reps.
Following reports that the Trump Administration plans to abolish Region 5 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – which serves Ohio, as well as Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Minnesota – as part of the fiscal year 2018 budget, U.S.
Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence (MI) joined by Rep. John Conyers (MI) and Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Rep. Cedric Richmond sent a letter to the Trump administration calling for support for the Flint Water Crisis: “On this three-year anniversary of the Flint Water Crisis, we are sending a letter to President Trump calling for stronger efforts to address the ongoing crisis.
n 1963, John Lewis famously spoke at the March on Washington, asking on behalf of the black community: "Where's our [political] party?" And five years later, writer James Baldwin echoed that question, telling Esquire: "John Lewis was right on the day of the March on Washington, when he said we can't join the Republican Party — look who that is made up of.
From seasoned political veterans to a 21-year-old college student to an unemployed woman who says the Lord told her to run, the 14 potential candidates who made the filing deadline for the mayor’s race on Tuesday are heating up the contest to lead Michigan’s largest city. Much of the focus so far this year has been on the two high-profile candidates: current mayor, Mike Duggan, and state Sen.