The water in Flint,Mich. is poisoned. On Tuesday, many months after its residents rightly suspected its water might be tainted and sickening, or Michigan Governor Rick Snyder declared a state of emergency. On Thursday,Flint Mayor Karen Weaver said the cash-poor city might need to approach up with as much $1.5 billion to fix its water system, a unhappy coda to a crisis that stems from a broken down city looking to save money anywhere it could.
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