Current State #108 | June 14, 2013

WKAR Public Media | By Current State

Published June 14, 2013 at 1:48 PM EDT

Today on Current State: the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on gene patenting; Ann Arbor Summer Festival; Lansing Lugnuts; A Father’s Day memory and Mackinac fudge.

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