NewsWorks Tonight, December 27, 2017
Listen 23:15The School Reform Commission is officially set to dissolve in July 2018. Michelle Legaspi Sanchez, Executive Director of the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls, joins the show to discuss projects that benefit girls and women in Chester County. New Jerseyans are planning trying to avoid higher property taxes by paying them early. Susan Phillips gives a recap of the environment and energy news that made headlines in 2017. A bipartisan group in Congress from the Philadelphia region is pushing back against a GOP-led effort to overhaul the nation’s student loan programs.
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