NewsWorks Tonight, August 7, 2018

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Advocates for New Jersey’s new bail system now question whether it too can lead to unequal racial outcomes.  In the Poconos, a controversy is brewing between business owners in towns that rely on tourism and state government, whose environmental regulations they say stifle their chief industry.  After Cheyney University last week announced a partnership it hopes will turn its fortunes around, we get perspective on the future of HBCU’s from Dr. Alvin Schexneider.  And we get a glimpse at 30th Street Station’s 60 million dollar facelift.

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