Month in Review: State of the State, Lansing women’s march

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Published January 27, 2017 at 1:55 PM EST

What are the takeaways from Michigan news in January? That’s what we attend to every 30 days on Current State’s Month in Review.

Current State revisits Gov. Rick Snyder's State of the State address, the Lansing women’s march and more with Jonathan Oosting of the Detroit News and Abby Walls of the Michigan Information and Research Service (MIRS).

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