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Current State | January 21, 2017

Betsy DeVos nomination for Sec. of Education, Everett HS Band at inauguration, playwright Brian Letscher, energy from motion, and more.

This week on Current State: Derek Wallbank of Bloomberg News discusses the nomination of Michigan's Betsy DeVos to serve as Secretary of Education; The Lansing Everett High School band performs at an inauguration program in Washington D.C.; "Scandal" star and playwright Brian Letscher; MSU researchers work on a nanotechnology device that produces energy from human motion; Bob Trezise of the Lansing Economic Area Partnership on the Red Cedar project and more; Flint's "Women of a New Tribe" photo exhibit; Rick Pluta reports on this week's State of the State address; Great Lakes Month in Review for January with reporter Gary Wilson; Lansing reaction to the Trump inauguration; and East Lansing High School boys basketball coach Steve Finamore.

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