Current State #131 | July 29, 2013

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Published July 29, 2013 at 5:23 PM EDT

Today on Current State: food security in Detroit and mid-Michigan; a Public Poetry Announcement with Gwendolyn Brooks; Ingham County animal control; Michigan veterans' struggle to access services; Michigan’s craft distillery movement; and MSU football.

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