Included in the bipartisan infrastructure deal reached with President Joe Biden last week is a plan to eliminate the country's remaining lead pipes and service lines, which for decades have posed a risk for contaminated water in millions of homes and schools.

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Two years after leaving office, former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is being charged with willful neglect of duty in the Flint water crisis as prosecutors revisit how the city's water system was contaminated with lead during one of worst manmade environmental disasters in U.S. history.

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Flint has taken important steps toward eliminating lead contamination that made the impoverished Michigan city a symbol of the drinking water problems that plague many U.S. cities, officials said Monday.

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The Green Bay Water Utility on Tuesday removed its last lead pipe in the city, closing a chapter in a years-long endeavor to improve water quality for residents.

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced a $500 million plan Thursday to improve drinking water and wastewater infrastructure in Michigan that includes actions such as replacing lead service lines and removing chemical pollutants.

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Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett's proposed 2021 budget would spend $16.7 million less than this year on capital projects as the city grapples with the financial fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.

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A proposed $600 million deal between the state of Michigan and residents of the impoverished, majority-Black city of Flint who were harmed by lead-tainted water is a step toward making amends for a disaster that upended life in the city, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Thursday.

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A committee on Wednesday voted to advance a bill that would compel Wisconsin child care centers to root out lead-tainted water infrastructure.

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A pair of bills meant to force schools and child-care centers to rid buildings of lead pipes and other infrastructure could see changes after concerns were aired Wednesday about how burdensome the new proposed mandate could prove for schools.

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Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett plans to increase spending on infrastructure and lead-line replacements next year, according to the 2020 budget proposal he released on Tuesday.

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