Current State #78 | May 1, 2013

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Published May 1, 2013 at 2:14 PM EDT

Today on Current State: Ingham County Chief District Judge talks Indigent Defense ; the Lansing Information Technology Empowerment Center; Michael Finney from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and re-imagining the Grand River corridor.

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