Current State #186 | October 24, 2013

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Published October 24, 2013 at 12:55 PM EDT

Today on Current State: Lansing's 'Marketplace Project'; HIV in Ingham County; what deregulation could mean for Michigan; environmental changes effect on Isle Royale; and a review of "The Ocean at the End of the Lane".

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