Current State #363 | August 11, 2014

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Published August 11, 2014 at 12:06 PM EDT

Today on Current State: the legal status of child migrants; former NPR reporter Mike Pesca on new gig; Lansing City Council president on BWL rate hike; new trade group for women in Michigan craft beer industry.

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