Current State #79 | May 2, 2013

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Published May 2, 2013 at 2:36 PM EDT

Today on Current State: The debate over Medicaid expansion continues; gun safety; the value of art and physical education in school; a Public Poetry Announcement featuring John Balaban, and NPR's Don Gonyea comes home to MSU this weekend.

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