Flint residents will be receiving $30 million aid fund to solve the lead contamination crisis in Michigan. The news comes after the legislation has been approved unanimously by the Michigan Senate.
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder requested an expanded Medicaid program for residents affected by the Flint water crisis. The governor has been increasingly receiving messages of anger and hate through vandalism over the prolonged water crisis.
Michigan officials released over 24,000 pages of documents revealing that the government knew about Flint Legionnaires' disease 10 months before warning was made.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill requiring EPA to act faster regarding the lead contamination in drinking water. The bill passed 416-2 during the wake of Flint's drinking water crisis.
