- Flint's water crisis had its first Congressional hearing today before the House Oversight Committee. Detroit Free Press Capitol Hill reporter Todd Spangler was at the hearing.
- First to testify at today's hearing was Flint's Democratic Congressman Dan Kildee. He joined Stateside from Washington.
- Grand Rapids Mayor Rosalynn Bliss delivered her first State of the City address last night. She joined Stateside today to share what's on her first-year agenda.
- Immigrating to the United States is not easy. Luckily for those who are making a new life in Southeast Michigan and are trying to learn the often difficult language of English, “Talk Time” is available every Saturday morning at the Troy Public Library.
- Michigan State University economist Eric Scorsone, who is the founding director of the MSU Extension Center for Local Government Finance and Policy, joined Stateside to take a look back at Michigan’s history of the emergency manager law.
Democrats in Lansing are pushing to repeal Michigan's emergency manager law. State Sen. David Knezek, D-Dearborn Heights, is the primary sponsor of Senate Bill 734. He joined Stateside to talk about the effort to repeal the law.
20160203_SS_Knezek_EM_repeal.mp3
Listen to our interview with State Senator David Knezek
