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WestSouthwest June 12, 2017

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On WestSouthwest, state Senator Margaret O'Brien on female genital mutilation, opioids, the state budget and a part-time legislature. And a rebroadcast of an interview from earlier this year on the merits of a local ID program. 

State Senator Margaret O'Brien has co-sponsored legislation to make female genital mutilation a state crime, she also has sponsored some of the bills in a package on prescribing opioids. She discusses those bills, the state budget and the proposal for a part-time legislature. 

A task force is due to report soon on the idea for a local ID in Kalamazoo County. Earlier this year, Sehvilla Mann spoke with the leader of one of the groups that helped create a local ID in Washtenaw County. A version of that interview is included in today's program. 

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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.