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In this June 24, 2016, photo, a gambler plays a slot machine at the Golden Nugget casino in Atlantic City, N.J. On Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, the men who are proposing to build two new casinos in northern New Jersey near New York City, concluded the statewide ballot question that would authorize the projects will not pass, and ended their financial support for a campaign in its favor. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
We talk with WITF’s KATIE MEYER about the Pennsylvania state budget and its implications, particularly the effort to expand gambling in order to make up for shortfalls. And we’ll hear about the anti-abortion bill before Harrisburg legislators.
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