Stateside for Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Today on Stateside, we spoke with U.S. Senator Gary Peters about how Congress is responding to the COVID-19 outbreak. We also checked in on Lansing, where Michigan lawmakers have approved large sums of money to deal with the fallout from a statewide coronavirus shutdown, even as bigger policy questions linger.
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Sen. Gary Peters talks about congressional response to coronavirus outbreakStateside’s conversation with Gary Peters
- U.S. Senator Gary Peters is a Democrat representing Michigan.
How COVID-19 turned the tide for Detroit utility shut-offs and foreclosuresStateside’s conversations with Nancy Kaffer and Kat Stafford, and Patrick Cooney
- Nancy Kaffer is a columnist with the Detroit Free Press.
- Kat Stafford is a national race and ethnicity writer with the Associated Press.
- Patrick Cooney is the assistant director for the University of Michigan's Detroit Partnership on Economic Mobility.
Some hospitals now offer drive-thru tests for COVID-19, but not everyone can get oneStateside’s conversation with Sarah Cwiek
- Sarah Cwiek is Michigan Radio's Detroit reporter.
Michigan Legislature greenlights funding for coronavirus responseStateside’s conversation with Rick Pluta
- Rick Pluta is Michigan Radio’s Capitol bureau chief.
Closing of Canadian and U.S. border separates daughter and fatherStateside’s conversation with Ashley Woods
- Journalist Ashley Woods is the founder and CEO of the news site Detour Detroit.
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