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Battling truancy with Dungeons and Dragons

We're off to defend a castle with the Dungeons and Dragons club at a Luzerne County school - the club is one way educators there are trying to increase school attendance.

We'll learn how cuts to USAID have impacted researchers at the University of Pennsylvania.

And U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser was in Schuylkill County this week. The Luzerne County Republican defended proposed Medicaid cuts and tariffs imposed by President Trump during a Tuesday luncheon with business leaders.

Sarah Scinto is one of the original members of the WVIA News team, joining in January 2022 as a reporter and All Things Considered host. She now hosts Morning Edition on WVIA Radio and WVIA's weekday news podcast Up to Date, along with reporting on the community.