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Adviser testifying in Flint water case

FLINT, MI (AP)--   An urban affairs adviser to Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder says the governor asked the health department for more information when he informed him in 2015 about a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in the Flint area. 

Harvey Hollins testified in court Wednesday during a hearing that will determine whether Snyder's health director, Nick Lyon, will face trial on a charge of involuntary manslaughter.

Lyon is accused of committing a crime by failing to timely inform the public about the Legionnaires' outbreak during Flint's lead-tainted water crisis.

It was Hollins second day of testimony after first appearing on Oct. 6. He says he told Snyder about Legionnaires' on Dec. 24, 2015.

Snyder has said he didn't know about it until a few weeks later. Hollins leads the governor's office on urban initiatives.

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