Current State #203 | November 18, 2013

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Published November 18, 2013 at 10:53 AM EST

Today on Current State: campaign finance changes in Michigan; perennial grain research; new Shiawassee County business incubator; and remembering the wreck of the Carl D. Bradley.

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