Native Americans, union workers protest before Gov. Rick Snyder’s State of the State address

This story was filed on January 17, 2013

About 500 protesters – about half against Right for Work and half part of a Native American group – had gathered around the state Capitol as of 5:30 p.m. Snyder will give his third State of the State address tonight at 7 p.m.

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