About a year ago, Grand Traverse County created a job in its jail — aimed keeping people who didn't need to go to jail from ending up there. Its second objective? To get people back on their feet and offer support when they are released.
A year later, the Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Office is calling the move a success, and hoping to expand it. IPR’s Maxwell Howard has that story.
Plus, "Big Gretch, Out!" She didn't drop the mic — because it was affixed to the lectern — but those were the final words of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's final State of the State address last night. Our capital bureau chief wraps it all up for us in about 4 minutes.
Producer: Austin Rowlader
Editing: Steve Junker
Music: Blue Dot Sessions
