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Interviews with news makers and discussion of topics important to Southwest Michigan. Subscribe to the podcast through Apple itunes and Google. Segments of interview are heard in WestSouthwest Brief during Morning Edition and All Things Considered

WestSouthwest July 6, 2017

Kalamazoo County Administration Building - file photo
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There's plenty of county government discussion on Thursday's WestSouthwest. First we sit down with Kalamazoo County Administrator Tracie Moored. Then we hear from Citizen's Research Council of Michigan President Eric Lupher on their report suggesting that counties should coordinate many local government services in Michigan. 

The Kalamazoo County Commission recently approved a three year contract for Administrator Tracie Moored. That follows a long stretch of instability in the administrator's office. Moored talks with WMUK's Gordon Evans, Local Government and Education Reporter Sehvilla Mann and Kalamazoo Gazette Reporter Malachi Barrett. 

The Citizen's Research Council of Michigan released a report earlier this year that said counties in Michigan could coordinate many of the services provided by local governments. Council president Eric Lupher says such a change could create more efficiency and savings at the local government level. A version of the interview originally aired in April. 

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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