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Stateside: ASL translation technology; Ingham County's first public defender; Sen. Peters on PFAS
Today on Stateside , Governor Whitmer announced a plan earlier this week to introduce a 45 cent gas tax by October 2020. Are there enough road workers to put all that funding to use? Plus, Ingham County is building a public defender office from the ground up. We talk about the challenges of developing a brand new governmental department.