Current State #221 | December 16, 2013

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Published December 16, 2013 at 11:28 AM EST

Today on Current State: the Red Cedar Renaissance development; the economic impact of universities; outgoing Lansing city councilman Brian Jeffries; and the Potter Park Zoo helps save an endangered toad.

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