Current State #484 | February 24, 2015

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Published February 24, 2015 at 1:38 PM EST

Today on Current State: a U-M survey asks local officials about road funding; a tour of "The Runway" in downtown Lansing; our Great Lakes Month in Review and the novel "Station Eleven" is a Great Michigan Read winner.

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