State Capitol reporters anticipate rest of ‘16 session

WKAR Public Media

Published September 7, 2016 at 3:16 PM EDT

Rick Pluta, Kathleen Gray and Mark Bashore photo — Rick Pluta (L) of the Michigan Public Radio Network and Kathleen Gray of the Detroit Free Press, with Current State host Mark Bashore

Current State talks with state capitol reporters Rick Pluta of the Michigan Public Radio Network and Kathleen Gray of the Detroit Free Press about the legislature's return to Lansing.

Michigan legislators have returned to Lansing after a three-month summer break. To learn more about what lies ahead in this fall session of an election year, we talk with two reporters who’ve covered the state capitol for approaching 40 years between them.

Kathleen Gray reports for the Detroit Free Press, and Rick Pluta is the capitol bureau chief for the Michigan Public Radio Network.

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