Andrew Robins

(Detroit News) Michigan lawmakers might not get much of a summer break this year. That’s if they heed Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s call to stay in Lansing and work hard on a worthy plan to fix the state’s roads in the next few months. While Michigan is constitutionally required to have a budget in place on October 1, Whitmer says she won’t sign one until a road plan with the necessary funding is completed.

(Detroit News)  A lawsuit that alleges that former governor Rick Snyder knew about and ignored the Flint water crisis for months is going forward. The Detroit News reports that a U.S. District court judge ruled on Monday that the class-action suit brought by Flint residents can continue. The plaintiffs claim that they suffered personal injury and property damage while Flint’s water was tainted with lead and other contaminants.

A Kalamazoo Public Safety officer was hurt and a suspect is dead after gunfire at a downtown business Tuesday afternoon, March 12.

A new report on substance abuse in Kalamazoo County has mixed news. It says that fewer teens are using alcohol, marijuana, and regular tobacco products.