NewsWorks Tonight October 31, 2017

    Local lawmakers react to opioid declaration, a Rutgers researcher flees Puerto Rico following Maria, and we talk about mishandled Revolutionary War corpses.

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    A day after indictments against Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, a Delaware legislator is urging the release of a bill that aims to keep tabs on bad actors looking to hide tainted money in LLCs.  Local lawmakers react to opioid declaration.  A Rutgers researcher flees Puerto Rico following Maria.  Peter Vaira argues for change in Pennsylvania’s grand jury system.  And we talk about mishandled Revolutionary War corpses with historian Robert Selig.

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