Current State #47 | March 19th, 2013

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Published March 20, 2013 at 1:40 PM EDT

Today on Current State: Democratic State Representative Sam Singh; Plastic pollution in the Great Lakes; The new Executive Director of the Michigan Humanities Council, Erik Nordberg; Smoke-Free Housing in Lansing; and parade of electric guitars in Detroit.

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