More than $100 million in state and federal money already headed toward Flint will help with immediate needs. But replacing aging, lead-based water pipes in Flint and other older cities will take time, and a whole lot more money.
Chad Halcom
A guest author for Bridge Magazine.
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1-in-10 Michigan workers now collecting disability
Disability rolls surge past 500,000 workers, who are unlikely to return to the workforce. Critics claim Michigan’s system is too soft.
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Expanding benefit rolls drains federal trust fund reserves
At current rates, money marked for workers with long-term disabilities will be exhausted by the 2016.