Current State #99 | June 3, 2013

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Published June 3, 2013 at 1:11 PM EDT

Today on Current State: dissolving Lansing Township; pianist Sergei Kvitko; Great Lakes governors discuss how to keep Asian Carp at bay; and the history of foreign fighters.

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