Camden looks at cost of regional police, N.J. docs get medical marijuana requests

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    With one day until Jay-Z officially takes over the Ben Franklin Parkway, Peter Crimmins is out to learn just how sound-proofed this three-stage event will be.
    Lizz Fiedler is looking into the spending breakdown for the new regional police force in Camden and what’s expected to be different from the city’s existing force.

    As you might imagine, New Jersey doctors have been getting plenty of requests for medical marijuana prescriptions. Carolyn Beeler will talk to some doctors and crunch some numbers to find out who’s getting through and how many have been turned away.

    And Emma Jacobs will wrap up her story on a list of Pennsylvanians who may lack the proper voter ID and how the list has the potential to make things more confusing.

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