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Current State #726 | March 21, 2016

Today on Current State: MSU uses a $2 million grant to help bolster K-12 education in Flint; the Michigan "swamp gas" UFO incident of 1966; the 2016 Kids Count survey and March Sadness descends on East Lansing.

Kevin Lavery served as a general assignment reporter and occasional local host for Morning Edition and All Things Considered before retiring in 2023.
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