More than a decade after a cost-cutting decision in Flint created one of the more shocking public health scandals in the country — killing a dozen residents and exposing 100,000 others to poisonous water contaminated with lead – the state of Michigan has committed to finally remove the toxic hazards remaining at hundreds of homes there, a lingering threat exposed earlier this year by Scripps News.
For years the city repeated failed promises to finish the work, missing multiple court-ordered deadlines and drawing a stinging rebuke from a federal judge this past spring.
Flint resident Melissa Mays, a mom turned water activist, responded with shock when Scripps News told her of the state’s new plans…