Yesterday evening, Governor Gretchen Whitmer delivered her 2024 State of the State address. In her speech, she detailed her plans to provide universal pre-K and two years of free community college to all Michiganders. Among other topics, she also discussed electric vehicle projects, efforts for more affordable housing, business incentive programs, and the state of the roads in Michigan.
GUESTS:
Zoe Clark, politics director for Michigan Public
Arjun Thakkar, politics and civics reporter for WKAR
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Debriefing the State of the State

Conversations that matter to Michigan. Each weekday, host April Baer will bring you stories from people across the state—from policymakers in Lansing, to entrepreneurs in Detroit, to artists in Grand Rapids.
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The College for Creative Studies in Detroit has a fashion design program that’s cultivating some of Detroit’s most creative young minds. Earlier this month the program held their fourth annual fashion show. 
GUESTS:
Cierra Headings, fashion designer
David Rodriguez, fashion designer
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Facing Fears Through Fashion

The Gordie Howe International bridge crossing the Detroit River is nearing completion and is expected to open in the fall of 2025. On this episode of the Stateside podcast, we spoke with one of the officials behind the bridge about what it takes to pull of a project of this magnitude.
GUEST:
Grant Hilbers, Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority chief capital officer
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Building the Gordie Howe Bridge

Over the past few months, encampments and protests on college campuses have been a constant in the headlines. But how does news media shape our perception of these actions?
GUEST:
Danielle K. Brown, 1855 Community & Urban Journalism Professorship and associate professor at Michigan State University
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How Media Shapes Perception of Protest

A garden designed to bring awareness and combat environmental racism will launch with a major installment this month - a large work of art that will serve as a gateway to the park, but also monitor air quality.
GUEST:
Jordan Weber, Activist and Regenerative Land Sculptor 
Rukiya Colvin, Sidewalk Detroit Project Manager
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A Garden's Message Against Urban Pollution

Ann Arbor Public Schools is facing a projected $25 million dollar deficit in the coming year. So, what happens now? On this episode, we ask the board of education's president about how one of the state's wealthiest school districts ended up here and about the plan for righting the ship.
GUEST: 
Torchio Feaster, AAPS Board of Education President
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Debriefing the State of the State

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