$600 MILLION SETTLEMENT REACHED OVER FLINT WATER

LANSING, Mich. — A $600 million deal between the state of Michigan and Flint residents who were harmed by lead-tainted water in 2014 is a step toward making amends for a disaster that upended life in the poor, majority-Black city, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Thursday. State officials and lawyers for Flint residents announced the settlement, which Attorney General Dana Nessel said likely would be the largest in Michigan history, with tens of thousands of potential claimants.