Lawsuit deal aimed at helping Flint kids exposed to lead
FLINT (AP) — An agreement has been reached to get more services to Flint children who were exposed to lead in drinking water.
Under the deal, the state of Michigan will provide $4.1 million, if the Legislature approves the money. Parents will be encouraged to get kids signed up on a registry, which will lead to tests and other screenings to help determine any special education needs.
The agreement announced Monday would partly settle a lawsuit against the state and Flint-area school groups, including the city's school district.
Kristin Totten of the American Civil Liberties Union says the deal is a "critical first step." She says there’s still more litigation over Flint kids with disabilities.
Lead-tainted water flowed in Flint for 18 months before a disaster was declared in 2015.
Ex-UAW official pleads guilty in federal corruption probe
DETROIT (AP) — A former United Automobile Workers official has pleaded guilty to accepting illegal payments from Fiat Chrysler.
The U.S. attorney’s office in Detroit announced recently that 64-year-old Keith Mickens is the fifth person convicted as part of federal investigation into corruption involving the union and the automaker.
The scheme funneled away millions of dollars meant for a Detroit worker training center financed by Fiat Chrysler.
Mickens, of Clarkston, was among UAW officials responsible for administering collective bargaining agreements on behalf of union members. Authorities say Mickens admitted that he and other senior UAW officials accepted thousands of dollars’ worth of clothing, electronics, golf equipment, and other personal items that were paid for by Fiat Chrysler.
Former Fiat Chrysler executive Al Iacobelli also has pleaded guilty. He’s awaiting his sentence.
School allows parking violators to pay tickets with food donation
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — When University of Florida's president said on April Fool's Day that people cited for parking violations on campus over the past year could get amnesty by donating food, many thought it was a prank.
But on Friday, nearly 2,000 people learned it wasn't.
UF President W. Kent Fuchs said on Twitter that nearly 2,000 citations had been exchanged for — peanut butter, canned peaches and other canned items — will fill the shelves of the school’s Field and Fork Pantry.
Police, fed up with lingering cold weather, ‘arrest’ winter
DEPEW, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York police department tired up with lingering cold weather has placed winter under arrest.
The Post-Standard reports the Depew Police Department wrote Friday in a humorous Facebook post that it had arrested the season. Police said any more snow winter produces would be held against it in court.
The department also called for groundhog Punxsutawney Phil to turn himself in for predicting six more weeks of winter.
Police joke that they're willing to look past winter's "most recent transgressions" if it works with the department.
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