NewsWorks Tonight June 29, 2015 – Full Show

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    Laura Benshoff explores Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers’ budget proposal, and what it would mean for schools, and Mary Wilson joins us with the latest on the budget showdown–and how non-profits are readying for dried-up funding if the budget deadline comes and goes.  Peter Crimmins talks to demonstrators at the nation’s first gay rights marches–held in Philadelphia 50 years ago.  Derrick Pitts joins us for a look at the skies.  And guest commentator Dr. James Peterson reflects on the meaning of July 4 for African Americans.

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