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New Legislation Helps Shape Juvenile Justice System, Truancy Issues

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  Clark Davis reports on Senate Bill 393 and its impact on truancy in schools and across the juvenile justice system. Public Source and The Allegheny Front collaborate on a story about prisoners affected streams polluted by coal ash. And southern rock troubadour Paul Thorn performs “What the Hell is Going On?” live on Mountain Stage.

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