NewsWorks Tonight, February 20, 2013 – Full Show

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    Dave Davies reports on the Philadelphia Ethics Board ruling on the status of grants to the city by the William Penn Foundation. Emma Jacobs has the latest on Revel Casino’s bankruptcy filing. Carolyn Beeler looks into the University of Pennsylvania Health System’s decision to not hire smokers; Dave Heller discusses the implications of the policy with attorney Susan Lessack. Zack Seward tells about websites matching travellers with residents willing to share their homes, a practice currently not legal in Philadelphia. Robert Farley of FactCheck.org evaluates President Obama’s claims about pre-school effectiveness.  Peter Crimmins hears Russian humor sparked by the recent meteor that landed in Siberia.

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