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Michigan voters approve major school bond proposals, recall anti-Muslim village president

Michigan Public | By Doug Tribou
Published May 9, 2018 at 12:05 PM EDT
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Voters went to the polls yesterday in several cities across the state, including Jackson, Kalamazoo and Kalkaska.

Voters went to the polls yesterday in several cities across the state, including Jackson, Kalamazoo and Kalkaska.

Michigan Radio’s senior news analyst Jack Lessenberry and Morning Edition host Doug Tribou discuss the results.

Residents in two communities said yes to major school bond proposals: $86.7 million in Jackson and nearly $97 million in Kalamazoo.

In Kalkaska, voters recalled controversial village president Jeff Sieting and elected political newcomer Harley Wales.
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Doug Tribou
Doug Tribou joined the Michigan Public staff as the host of Morning Edition in 2016. Doug first moved to Michigan in 2015 when he was awarded a Knight-Wallace journalism fellowship at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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