Current State #151 | September 4, 2013

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Published September 4, 2013 at 2:48 PM EDT

Today on Current State: Medicaid expansion in Michigan; Niowave redesigns controversial building; the impact of Ariel Castro's death on his victims; Public Poetry Announcement; aging out of foster care; and the Wharton Center's upcoming season.

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