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Season 5 Episode 9 | 26m 47sVideo has Closed Captions

Drug treatment or jail, when should kids start school and Abe Lincoln’s Indiana roots.

The debate about whether to arrest people who use drugs or work to get them into treatment. The state’s schools chief wants to lower the required age for Hoosier kids to start school from 7 to 6. But will the idea gain any traction at the statehouse. Multiple states, including Indiana, claim Abe Lincoln as one of their own. Coming up, Lincoln’s Indiana roots.

09/01/2017

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Indiana Newsdesk is a local public television program presented by WTIU PBS

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News desk #509

Season 5 Episode 9 | 26m 47sVideo has Closed Captions

The debate about whether to arrest people who use drugs or work to get them into treatment. The state’s schools chief wants to lower the required age for Hoosier kids to start school from 7 to 6. But will the idea gain any traction at the statehouse. Multiple states, including Indiana, claim Abe Lincoln as one of their own. Coming up, Lincoln’s Indiana roots.

09/01/2017

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