NewsWorks Tonight, December 13, 2017
Listen 22:09Philadelphia City Council is scheduled to vote on a bill that could prohibit beer delis from selling alcohol from behind bulletproof glass. A new study identifies health problems in infants, caused by fracking. The practice of redlining — discrimination in homeowner lending — has negative effects on Philadelphia neighborhoods decades later. Newly finished renovations to five Philadelphia libraries are meant to welcome those with limited literacy skills. Students at Millersville University near Lancaster are rallying over something surprising: dead bodies.
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