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State money for skilled trades education

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan plans to spend $50 million to help community colleges buy equipment to train welders, technicians and others planning to work in skilled trades. Governor Rick Snyder says the state's 28 community colleges have good training programs, but their expensive equipment tends to be dated. The Michigan Strategic Fund Board is authorizing a new $50 million Community College Skilled Trades Equipment Program.

Hans Ahlström is the host of several programs including the daily musical variety show Weekday, the mostly straight ahead jazz show Night Studio, the self explanatory Blues Today, and the eclectic Sound Spectrum. You can also hear Hans as the local host of NPR's All Things Considered news magazine. He also helps manage Public Radio 90's web content, interviews local and visiting writers and artists, works with NMU student interns, and writes the occasional news story.