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Events from the year
2015 in Michigan
.
Top stories of 2015 included:
The
Flint water crisis
, including a declaration of emergency by Flint's mayor on December 15 and the resignation of MDEQ Director Dan Wyant on December 29
The emergence of Detroit from the
Detroit bankruptcy
The conviction of Bob Bashara in the
Death of Jane Bashara
The trial of
Charles Pugh
for having sex with a minor
The role of two Michigan nurses in the June 24 Supreme Court decision (
Obergefell v. Hodges
) legalizing gay marriage
The extramarital affair (and use of taxpayer funds to cover it up) between two freshmen
Tea Party
legislators (
Todd Courser
and
Cindy Gamrat
)
The legal battle by
Richard Wershe Jr.
, aka "White Boy Rick", to win his freedom
Efforts to eradicate the
New Zealand mud snail
from Michigan waterways.
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"Top Michigan News Stories of 2015"
.
Detroit Free Press
. January 1, 2016. pp. A12, A13 – via
Newspapers.com
.