Donkeys versus elephants. Republicans versus Democrats. The two-party system in the U.S. tends to get most of our attention, but today we heard from the Green Party of Michigan, as they're holding their convention this weekend and pushing their agenda.
Then we heard why a 14-year-old boy from Temperance, Michigan, is planning to walk 40 miles this weekend from Bedford to Ann Arbor. He plans to carry his younger brother on his back.
And George Patton's granddaughter is mixing "99 Luftballons" with a little "White Cliffs of Dover" for a special concert to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day.
Also on today's show, we dug into new numbers about how local leaders in Michigan feel about hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." It's an issue that will certainly make its way into the 2014 election season.
But first on today's show – two words: “We failed.”
That was the painful self-assessment from General Motors today, as GM CEO Mary Barra unveiled the findings of an internal investigation into the automaker's ignition-switch crisis.
The defective switches are linked to at least 13 deaths and 47 crashes over more than a decade.
Today Barra spoke to GM employees at a town hall meeting broadcast around the world.
Michigan Radio's auto reporter Tracy Samilton was at the meeting, and she joined us on today’s Stateside.
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