NewsWorks Tonight October 7, 2015 – Full Show

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    Kevin McCorry reports the Philadelphia School District is hitting some resistance in its bid to turn one school into a Renaissance School.  Joe Hernandez reports Camden County is transferring money for homeless services to help those with heroin addiction.  Matt Laslo talks to area GOP members of the House about what they’d like to see in the next Speaker.  Jessica McDonald reports on a new gene therapy that could cure some forms of blindness.  And we talk with longtime Philadelphia LGBT rights activist Mark Segal about his new book “And then I Danced: Travelling the Road to LGBT Equality.”

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