Current State #288 | April 2, 2014

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Published April 2, 2014 at 12:51 PM EDT

Today on Current State: the new Kids Count in Michigan report; a Public Poetry Announcement; mapping the Midwest; GM ignition failures; and the Michigan Minority Health Coalition.

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