Emails: Mich. officials downplayed lead water crisis

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Almost 300 pages of emails released by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder dealing with a city with lead in its drinking water paint a picture of an administration skeptical of an issue until a sudden change in October.

The emails shed some light on what was happening inside state government as the scandal picked up steam in late summer and became a full-blown emergency in the fall.

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