SHOTLIST:RESTRICTION SUMMARY:ASSOCIATED PRESSARCHIVE: Flint, Michigan – 8 October 20151. Various of a Flint River watershed signASSOCIATED PRESSARCHIVE: Flint, Michigan – 5 February 20162. Various of volunteers stacking bottled water inside a church buildingANNOTATION: A judge has dismissed charges against seven people in the Flint water scandal, including some former Michigan health officials. ASSOCIATED PRESSARCHIVE: Flint, Michigan – 26 February 20163. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signs legislation that authorizes $30 million to help Flint residents pay water billsANNOTATION: Judge Elizabeth Kelly’s decision on Tuesday doesn’t affect former Gov. Rick Snyder. ASSOCIATED PRESSARCHIVE: Flint, Michigan – 26 February 20164. Various of Snyder greeting supporters as they exit the stageASSOCIATED PRESSJackson, Michigan – 4 October 20225. SOUNDBITE (English) Ed White, Associated Press:++PARTIALLY COVERED++”His case is being handled by a different judge. So, while Judge Kelly’s decision doesn’t directly affect him, it’s likely that his case will be dismissed also.” ASSOCIATED PRESSARCHIVE: Flint, Michigan – 8 October 20156. Various of the Flint RiverANNOTATION: In 2014, Flint managers appointed by Snyder took the city out of a regional water system and began using the Flint River. ASSOCIATED PRESSARCHIVE: Flint, Michigan – 28 March 20177. Flint water plant’s towerANNOTATION: But the river water wasn’t treated to reduce its corrosive qualities. Lead broke off from old pipes and contaminated the system for more than a year.ASSOCIATED PRESSARCHIVE: Flint, Michigan – 28 March 20178. A City of Flint Water Department truck drives byASSOCIATED PRESSARCHIVE: Flint, Michigan – 5 February 20169. A door closes at a church that distributes water and filters to its predominantly Latino parishionersANNOTATION: An effort to hold people criminally responsible for Flint’s lead-in-water disaster has lasted years and produced little.ASSOCIATED PRESSARCHIVE: Flint, Michigan – 18 February 201610. Snyder speaks at a news conferenceASSOCIATED PRESSJackson, Michigan – 4 October 202211. SOUNDBITE (English) Ed White, Associated Press:++PARTIALLY COVERED++”I suppose there’s going to be some disappointment. Now, it’s possible that these charges could be revived, brought back again, but it’s a very long process.” ASSOCIATED PRESSARCHIVE: Flint, Michigan – 28 March 201712. A sign in the middle of the street warns of a (English) “Water Line Replacement Work Area”13. Various of construction work getting underway to install new copper water pipes underneath the ground ANNOTATION: Flint in 2015 returned to a water system based in southeastern Michigan. ANNOTATION: Meanwhile, roughly 10,100 lead or steel water lines had been replaced at homes by last December.ASSOCIATED PRESSARCHIVE: Flint, Michigan – 8 October 201514. A duck swims on the Flint River’s surfaceSTORYLINE:A judge has dismissed charges against seven people in the Flint water scandal, including two former state health officials blamed for deaths from Legionnaires’ disease. Judge Elizabeth Kelly took action Tuesday, three months after the Michigan Supreme Court said a one-judge grand jury had no authority to issue indictments. Kelly’s decision doesn’t affect former Gov. Rick Snyder. That’s only because he was charged with misdemeanors, and his case is being handled by a judge in a different Flint court. But he, too, was indicted in a process declared invalid by the Supreme Court.In 2014, Flint managers appointed by Snyder took the city out of a regional water system and began using the Flint River to save money while a new pipeline to Lake Huron was being built. But the river water wasn’t treated to reduce its corrosive qualities. Lead broke off from old pipes and contaminated the system for more than a year.Separately, the water was blamed for an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease, which typically spreads through heating and cooling systems.An effort to hold people criminally responsible for Flint’s lead-in-water disaster has lasted years and produced little.”I suppose there’s going to be some disappointment,” said Ed White, an Associated Press reporter who has covered the Flint water crisis for years. “Now, it’s possible that these charges could be revived, brought back again, but it’s a very long process.” Separately, the state agreed to pay $600 million as part of a $626 million settlement with Flint residents and property owners who were harmed by lead-tainted water. Most of the money is going to children.Flint in 2015 returned to a water system based in southeastern Michigan. 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