Current State #55 | March 29, 2013

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Published March 29, 2013 at 4:54 PM EDT

Today on Current State: local journalists review the top news stories from March; the effects of common insecticides on songbird populations; March Madness check-in with Joe Rexrode; and Lansing grassroots leaders on issues their neighborhoods face.

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