The former governor of Michigan, Republican Rick Snyder, has been charged with two counts of willful neglect of duty in connection to the Flint, Michigan, water crisis, online court records show. The charges are misdemeanors punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine, according to The Associated Press. Snyder’s health director…

Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has been charged with two counts of willful neglect of duty stemming from the water scandal in the city of Flint, online court records show. The 2014 water scandal highlighted ongoing, dangerous exposure of children and others in the city of nearly 100,000 to lead in drinking water, and the…