密歇根面对纳税人支付数百万美元的法律费用超过弗林特危机批评家称的提案 “踢的牙齿” 那些谁铅污染的水遭遇.

Michigan taxpayers may face at least $2.7 million in legal fees under new requests from the state’s governor and attorney general over the Flint water crisis.

州长. 里克·斯奈德 (Ř) requested on Tuesday $1.2 million for legal services, more than double the $500,000 already earmarked. Attorney General Bill Schuette asked for a separate increase in funds to $1.5 million to pay a firm investigating the government’s involvement in the crisis.

Flint has been reeling after residents discovered brown water flowing from their taps 在 2014. The local government largely ignored complaints about the situation for months until reports emerged saying the water was contaminated withdangerously high levels of lead, 一 neurotoxin 那 can cause brain damage in young children.

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