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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 the local host of Morning Edition on WVIA. She is a Connecticut native and graduate of King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, and has previously covered Northeastern Pennsylvania for The Scranton Times-Tribune, The Citizens’ Voice and Greater Pittston Progress.