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A Michigan school district has drinking fountains available to students and faculty once again after four years of going without. What Happened: Flint Community Schools showed off new drinking fountains this week, with help from Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk. Kevelin Jones, the...

A tweet by Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk in 2018 in which he made a “commitment” to fix contaminated water “in any house in Flint” is spurring debate on Reddit. What Happened: On Thursday, a pillow company executive who goes by the handle “LeGate” on...

Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened? On this day 21 years ago, 3,400 members of the United Auto Workers union walk out of their jobs at the General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) Flint, Michigan plant. Where The Market Was The...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk is a busy man, and he just added another task to his plate. What Happened Responding to a tweet about getting clean water to Flint, Michigan, Musk replied, "Please consider this a commitment that I will fund fixing the water in any house in Flint that has...

The state of Michigan is suing Flint — the city where the drinking water was poisoned with lead after a botched switch to the Flint River as its water supply — due to its lack of a long-term water source. The city missed a deadline Monday to secure a long-term water source, something...

Six Michigan officials are facing charges related to the Flint water crisis, specifically a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Genesee county tied to polluted water from the Flint River. Michigan’s Attorney General Bill Schuette held a press conference Wednesday announcing the charges,...

President Donald Trump's easiest way to improve his favorability with the American public isn't through Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) or reducing costs on Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Lockheed-Martin (NYSE: LMT) jets -- it’s cleaning our drinking water. Most of our current infrastructure for drinking...

Exactly 80 years ago this week, the end of the Flint, Michigan sit-down strike marked the effective beginning of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) as one of the largest, most powerful labor unions in the country. The UAW formed way back in 1935, but the union picked General Motors Company (NYSE:...

On April 25, 2014, Flint began using the Flint River as its new primary water source. The city didn't provide corrosion-control treatment to prevent lead from leaching into pipes, because the Department of Environmental Quality doesn't require it. Without proper oversight, the water was...

On April 25, 2014, Flint, Michigan, began using the Flint River as its primary water source. After the Flint River water was deemed unsafe, the city made the switch back to the Detroit Water System on October 8, 2015. However, the pipes became so corroded from the Flint River water that the...

In 2000, people could make a ton of money off of buying and selling specific website addresses. In 2016, people can make a ton off of money of Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) handles. One Detroit-area woman decided to use her Twitter handle for the good of an entire community. Metro Times this week...

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) announced on Tuesday it will team up with The Coca-Cola Co (NYSE: KO), PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) and Nestle to provide up to 6.5 million bottles of water for approximately 10,000 Flint, Michigan public school students. Wal-Mart is also encouraging other members...