EPA

The beleaguered city of Flint, Mich., would receive up to $600 million in federal emergency relief under a proposal unveiled Thursday by Michigan’s U.S. senators with the backing of top Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill. Two-thirds of that funding would go toward a joint federal-state effort to replace the water infrastructure, which has become badly …

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder on Wednesday appointed a group of government officials, health and other experts to implement long-term fixes for Flint’s lead-contaminated water system as he faced criticism for the state’s handling of a crisis that has become a national scandal. Also on Wednesday, a coalition of Flint residents and national groups filed a …