NewsWorks Tonight, May 30, 2018
Listen 21:05The deadline approaches to clear the addicted from the encampments in Kensington. Local author Peter Moskowitz (How to Kill a City) talks about City Council’s proposed “just cause” eviction bill and a rally in support of it tomorrow. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney talks about his visit to Puerto Rico and post-hurricane lessons learned. We look at the state of family dairy farming in Pennsylvania. Local author Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow talks about her children’s book “Mommy’s Khimar.”
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