Have the payments to the lawyers for Snyder and his co-defendants ended?
By Ryan Jeltema
Days after the Flint City Council approved $300 water bill credits, over 28,000 customers got their money. (click here)
Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley said $8.4 million worth of bill credits were successfully applied to all active water customers in the city by Friday. City Council members approved the spending on Monday.
Money for the credits came from Flint's share of American Rescue Plan Act funding.
"I'm so proud that this administration has accomplished another one of our goals in reducing the cost of water for Flint residents,” Neeley said. “I’m grateful to our staff who were prepared to implement this so quickly following the resolution passing earlier this week."...
September 30, 2022
By Ron Fonger
U.S. District Court Judge Judith E. Levy published the schedule in an order filed Thursday, Sept. 29, targeting Feb. 22 as the first day of jury selection in the retrial at the federal courthouse in Ann Arbor.
Levy’s scheduling motion also sets multiple deadlines for later this year in preparation for the second trial, including the filing of expert depositions and reports....
September 30, 2022
By Katrenia Busch
Statistics released Friday by the Flint Police Department show a reduction in overall crime from last year.
Murder/nonnegligent manslaughter is down 50 percent for 2022 in comparison to 2021. First-degree criminal sexual conduct is down just over 70 percent compared to 2021. Overall crime is down 13.05 percent, according to the city’s Crimestat report.September 30, 2022
By Ron Fonger
Paul Taylor, an attorney for the nonprofit group, asked Judge David J. Newblatt for the temporary restraining order in a motion filed Thursday, Sept. 29, just days after the Flint City Council voted down a resolution asking Mayor Sheldon Neeley to halt the sale of the property and the eviction of the House of Esther and the Flint Freedom School Collaborative....
