LAINGSBURG, Mich. – Michigan’s Governor Rick Snyder gives his second State of the State address tonight. He’s already signed more than 300 public acts. That’s a new law for almost every day in office.
Over the next few weeks, Changing Gears is looking at how changes in state government are impacting lives and wallets across the region. Here in Michigan, people are riveted by some of Snyder’s big ticket changes, like giving emergency managers the power to strip control from elected officials in failing cities and school districts.
But this story is different. It’s about one Mid-Michigan town and all the small, drowned-out changes that deeply affect people’s lives. People like Janae Jodway.
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