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Massachusetts

Agency opens $100 million fund to remove lead water pipes

BOSTON – The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority on Monday announced a $100 million fund to provide interest-free loans that communities served by the agency can use to replace any remaining lead service pipes in their water systems. The program adds to treatment and other steps, including effective corrosion control, by the

children

3 officials charged in Flint water crisis; more to come

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The Flint water crisis became a criminal case Wednesday when two state regulators and a city employee were charged with official misconduct, evidence-tampering and other offenses over the lead contamination that alarmed the country and brought cries of racism. "This is a road back to restoring

Democrats

Snyder, EPA point fingers in Flint water hearing

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Thursday blamed career bureaucrats in Washington and his own state for the Flint water-contamination crisis, while the head of the federal Environmental Protection Agency faulted him and other state officials. At a contentious congressional hearing, the Republican governor repeatedly apologized for his role