Month in Review: July's biggest news stories

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Published July 31, 2014 at 2:30 PM EDT

Current State's Mark Bashore revisits several of July's biggest Michigan news stories with state capitol reporters Rick Pluta, Jonathan Oosting and Susan Demas.

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