Current State #104 | June 10, 2013

WKAR Public Media | By Current State

Published June 10, 2013 at 1:48 PM EDT

Today on Current State: municipalities consolidating fire services; violinist Kathryn Votapek; Michigan’s export market and a new Broad Art Museum exhibition of “Blind Field.”

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