Energy and Environment

White House hears from Mich. mayor about lead-contaminated water

By Kyle Feldscher

Published January 19, 2016 7:34pm ET

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White House hears from Mich. mayor about lead-contaminated water — Flint Mayor Karen Weaver is in Washington Tuesday for a conference of the nation's mayors, but she also is using the trip as an opportunity to take her city's crisis to the national level. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP) | Jake May

The mayor of the Michigan city in crisis over contaminated drinking water met with a senior White House official Tuesday and may get the chance to speak with President Obama to make her case for more federal assistance.

Flint Mayor Karen Weaver is in Washington Tuesday for a conference of the nation’s mayors, but she also is using the trip as an opportunity to take her city’s crisis to the national level.

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