Local governments in Michigan are struggling to fill open positions

from Between the Lakes · host Tina Sawyer

Many of Michigan’s nearly 1,500 townships and villages are run by part-time retirees in their 80s who are begging for help. The system is frayed and, without reform, communities could falter. Lansing isn’t coming to rescue.

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