Current State #51 | March 25, 2013

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Published March 25, 2013 at 5:02 PM EDT

Today on Current State: Lansing teachers’ union on new contract; the discovery of century-old handwritten messages in the former Traverse City State Hospital; sports with Detroit Free Press' Joe Rexrode; a look a documentary on wise older women; the Motown Museum; and Lansing business news with MLive's Angela Wittrock.

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