    {"id":5280,"date":"2016-10-21T15:18:20","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T19:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=5280"},"modified":"2016-10-21T15:18:20","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T19:18:20","slug":"flint-water-crisis-report-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2016\/10\/21\/flint-water-crisis-report-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Flint Water Crisis Report Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Jim Stamas, chairman of the Joint Select Committee on the Flint Water Emergency, on Wednesday announced the release of the committee\u2019s report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter many months of work and discussions, I am pleased to release a bipartisan, bicameral report of the joint committee,\u201d said Stamas, R-Midland. \u201cThe report contains more than 30 policy proposals based on testimony and a comprehensive review of materials presented to the committee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Joint Select Committee on the Flint Water Emergency met six times and took more than 18 hours of testimony from more than 60 participants. 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