"Child’s Letter Stirs Obama’s Visit To Flint"

"Washington — President Barack Obama is planning to visit Flint on May 4 to spotlight the city’s lead-contaminated water that has deprived the city’s 100,000 residents of reliable access to drinking and bathing water.

A White House official said Obama will travel to Flint next week to “hear first-hand from Flint residents about the public health crisis, receive an in-person briefing on the federal efforts in place to help respond to the needs of the people of Flint, and deliver remarks to community members.”

The White House said Obama planned the trip after receiving an email from an 8-year-old Flint resident who asked to meet him while she was in Washington to attend congressional hearings last month about the city’s water crisis."

Keith Laing and Chad Livengood report for the Detroit News April 27, 2016.