Today on Stateside, Michigan's counties are playing a critical role in the public health response to COVID-19, but the costs of the outbreak are straining already tight county budgets. Plus, we’ll hear from a man serving time at a state correctional facility in Coldwater about what it’s like to watch the outbreak unfold from inside the prison's walls.
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Michigan counties seek financial stability amid COVID-19 crisis
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Stateside’s conversation with Eileen Kowall
- Eileen Kowall is an Oakland County Commissioner and former state legislator.
Detroit poet Jessica Care Moore on the city’s resilience through COVID
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Stateside’s conversation with Jessica Care Moore
- Jessica Care Moore is a poet, playwright, artist and producer.
As the number of COVID-19 cases in state prisons climbs, one inmate shares what life is like inside
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Stateside’s conversation with Efren Paredes Jr.
- Efren Paredes Jr. is an inmate at Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater.
