Current State # 245 | January 31, 2014

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Published January 31, 2014 at 12:14 PM EST

Today on Current State: Response to Lansing mayor's State of the City address; singer Ysaye Barnwell; the new Farm Bill; live music with Lansing musician Drew Howard.

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