Current State #81 | May 6, 2013

WKAR Public Media | By Current State

Published May 6, 2013 at 2:36 PM EDT

Today on Current State: the expansion of Jackson National Life Insurance’s headquarter in Lansing; chef and author Anthony Bourdain coming to the Red Haven; Detroit Tiger’s Hank Greenberg; and Lansing’s business news with MLive’s Angela Wittrock.

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