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WestSouthwest July 17, 2014

WMUK | By Gordon Evans
Published July 17, 2014 at 8:20 AM EDT
Kalamazoo River - file photo
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Michigan's Emergency Manager Law and the safety of pipelines in Michigan are the subjects on WestSouthwest. 

Bridge Magazine, the online news service of the Center for Michigan, examined Michigan's Emergency Manager Law. Urban Affairs reporter Chastity Pratt-Dawsey looked at how Michigan deals with local units of government in financial crisis. She compares that approach to other states. 

A group of environmental groups is calling for a federal study of pipelines crossing water in Michigan. Jennifer McKay, Policy Specialist with the Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council based in Petoskey, says the 2010 oil spill on the Kalamazoo River focused more attention on pipeline safety. 
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Gordon Evans became WMUK's Content Director in 2019 after more than 20 years as an anchor, host and reporter. A 1990 graduate of Michigan State, he began work at WMUK in 1996.
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