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Michigan Health Chief Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter For Flint Water Crisis

Nick Lyon is the highest-ranking state official to be charged in the crisis.

Michigan's director of its Department of Health and Human Services, Nick Lyon, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and misconduct in office over the Flint water crisis. Both are felonies in the state of Michigan.

Chief Medical Executive Dr. Eden Wells will be charged with

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