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Emails Show MI Officials Trucked Clean Water to State Building in Flint Last January

HeadlineJan 29, 2016

Newly discovered emails show Michigan officials were trucking clean water to a state building in the city of Flint last January, long before admitting to residents the water was poisoned. Progress Michigan, which obtained the emails, told Mother Jones they “blow a hole in the governor’s timeline for when they knew or started to have concerns about Flint water.” The crisis began when an unelected emergency manager appointed by Governor Rick Snyder switched Flint’s water source to the corrosive Flint River in a bid to save money.

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