Flint water crisis

10-year-old Ian MacIntyre's political cartoon about Governor Snyder's testimony before Congress is going viral.

Representative Cartwright and other Congressmen ask Governor Rick Snyder to resign during Thursday's hearing on the Flint Water Crisis.  To say it got heated would be an understatement.

A new EPA memo has come to light in the Flint water crisis congressional hearing, and, regardless of its context, a quote saying Flint may not be "a community we want to go out on a limb for" is a huge black eye for the federal agency.

In an ongoing series of discussions with area lawmakers on The Richard Piet Show, Senator Mike Nofs (R-Battle Creek) and Rep. Dr. John Bizon (R-Battle Creek) both agree the approach lawmakers should take after the Kalamazoo County random shootings last weekend isn't necessarily clear...

Rep. Dave Maturen (R-Brady Township) offered his February legislative update this week on WBCK, telling The Richard Piet Show lead pipes in Flint should not necessarily be completely replaced at the expense of the State of Michigan. "I don't think that's going to happen," Maturen said...

A recent published report included statewide lead levels in tap water from Michigan communities, prompted by the ongoing problems with Flint water. Department of Environmental Quality figures show Battle Creek's lead level well within acceptable counts...

As the questions about water quality inspired by Flint turn to the likelihood of similar water problems in other parts of the state, Rep. Dr. John Bizon spoke this week from both a lawmaker's and doctor's perspective about it. On The Richard Piet Show, Bizon discussed his view of the health effects of leaded water, as well as whether or not he sees the governor as ultimately responsible for the ov

When you work in media, you often end up at dinner tables talking with friends who want to know about the backstory on things making news. Their busy lives lead them to only hearing snippets of news during their days, and they end up with questions...

Pearl Jam's has a long history of donating to charitable causes, which continues with their pledge to donate $100,000 to the United Way of Genesee County to assist Flint.

On Thursday, President Obama announced that his administration will donate $80 million to Michigan to help Flint with the water crisis.