Current State #106 | June 12, 2013

WKAR Public Media | By Current State

Published June 12, 2013 at 3:04 PM EDT

Today on Current State: the Ingham Health Plan and healthcare changes; wind energy in Michigan; the MSU Student Organic Farm; Neighbors in Action features Black Men Inc. of Greater Lansing and discovering a Lake Michigan shipwreck from 1679.

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