Bill Martin has donated $100,000 to an Ann Arbor-based nonprofit to improve the lives of those living near one of Central America's largest garbage dumps.

As worries about lead in the water spreads across Metro Detroit, the race is on to remove hundreds of miles of dangerous and potentially poisonous pipeline.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is proposing $300 million in water spending to help local utilities address elevated lead levels, plan for pipe replacement and connect users of contaminated wells to the municipal supply.

It’s been several years since the start of the Flint water crisis, but the issue doesn’t appear to be going away any time soon in Michigan, and perhaps around the U.S.

It’s been several years since the start of the Flint water crisis, but the issue doesn’t appear to be going away any time soon in Michigan, and perhaps around the U.S.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants to spend $200 million in federal pandemic relief funding to replace lead water pipes across the state, where aging underground infrastructure was exposed by Flint’s disaster.

On Tuesday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced grants awarded under the umbrella of the MI Clean Water plan to help communities statewide strengthen drinking water infrastructure.

Mari Copeny, also known as Little Miss Flint, is the youngest activist promoting change in Flint.