Current State #205 | November 20, 2013

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Published November 20, 2013 at 10:41 AM EST

Today on Current State: raising the minimum wage; artist-activist Chris Jordan; the Michigan Horse Welfare Coalition; MSU Rhodes Scholarship candidate Craig Pearson; and figure skating in East Lansing.

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