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Laura Weber Davis
Executive Producer, StatesideLaura is Executive Producer of Stateside. She came to Michigan Public from WDET in Detroit, where she was senior producer on the current events program, Detroit Today.
She began her career in public radio as an intern before taking a job as a Capitol-beat reporter for the Michigan Public Radio Network.
Laura was born and raised in Ann Arbor, and has had a lifelong love affair with Detroit and Michigan more broadly. She is a graduate of Michigan State University (Go Green!) and she received a Master’s degree in Journalism from the University of Southern California.
Laura is an audiophile with a public radio habit, a dusty-record music head with a crate-digger’s heart, a toddler wrangler, a beach goer, a Jane Austen lover, a horseback rider, a dog walker, and an active listener who loves to hear and tell a good story.
Whatever she is doing at this very moment, she’d rather be listening to showtunes.
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Danielle Atkinson, the founder and executive director of Mothering Justice, talks about the political organizing efforts of Black women in America.
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Malik Yakini, executive director emeritus of Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network, an organization that runs D-Town Farms, talks about what to do if your home garden needs help.
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On today's episode, Gongwer reporter Elena Durnbaugh detailed the negotiations behind yesterday's new state budget. We unpacked some of its most important items, including funding for education.
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Presidential candidates and surrogates visit Michigan highlighting the state’s role in this election year.
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Last week, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. secured his spot on the Michigan ballot.
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The Francis Scott Key Bridge's collapse in Maryland prompted concern about the safety of bridges everywhere. For many people in Michigan, the Mackinac Bridge came to mind.
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Amorphophallus titanum or corpse flower can grow more than eight feet tall. We bring you to one of their rare blooms, which only lasts for a couple of days every year or two.
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The hemlock woolly adelgid poses a threat to some 170 million hemlock trees in Michigan. Here's everything you need to know about these invasive species.
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A Michigan birder invites us to pause, listen, and enjoy the sights and sounds of bird species in winter and spring.