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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 October 23, 2014

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On WestSouthwest, a look at the two proposals on the statewide ballot this year, both of them deal with wolf hunting. And a Libertarian candidate running for Congress in Southwest Michigan. 

  

Two years ago, there were five proposed amendments to Michigan's constitution on the ballot. None of them passed. This year only two questions are on the ballot, they both deal with wolf hunting. Gongwer News Service Editor Zach Gorchow explains what voters will decide in November. 

Libertarian candidate Erin Haas is one of four candidates on the ballot in Michigan's Sixth Congressional District, including Republican Congressman Fred Upton. Haas is currently a Kentwood City Commissioner, and says he supports the Libertarian philosophy of limited government. 

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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