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Interviews with news makers and discussion of topics important to Southwest Michigan. Subscribe to the podcast through Apple itunes and Google. Segments of interview are heard in WestSouthwest Brief during Morning Edition and All Things Considered

WestSouthwest April 23, 2015

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On WestSouthwest, conservative proposals on climate change and a busy political time in Michigan. 

  

ConservAmerica Executive Director Rob Sisson says "conservation is conservative." The former Mayor of Sturgis wants conservatives to offer their solutions to address climate change. Sisson tells us how he's trying to frame the debate, and why he things the issue will be more prominent in next year's Presidential campaign. 

Michigan Public Radio Network Capitol Bureau Chief Rick Pluta will cover oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court next week on the challenge to Michigan's same sex marriage ban. He discusses  a key question that might determine the case. Also Pluta tells us that to make of hints that Governor Rick Snyder may run for President and why a Plainwell Representative is no longer welcome at House Republican Caucus meetings. 

Gordon Evans became WMUK's Content Director in 2019 after more than 20 years as an anchor, host and reporter. A 1990 graduate of Michigan State, he began work at WMUK in 1996.
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