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The Green - May 13, 2016

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Charges were filed this week in the death of 16-year-old Howard High student Amy Joyner-Francis.  We talk to a Widener Univ. Delaware Law School professor Judy Ritter about what the Attorney General’s office decided to pursue and what’s next.

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Delaware Public Media's Tom Byrne interviews Widener Univ. Delaware Law School professor Judy Ritter about charges in Amy Joyner-Francis case.

Delaware Public Media’s Megan Pauly continues her examination of efforts to make the opioid reversal drug naloxone more available to help curb overdose deaths. This week , she speaks with the Delaware Division of Public Health’s Jamie Mack about the possibility of making it available over the counter.

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Delaware Public Media's Megan Pauly interviews the Delaware Division of Public Health's Jamie Mack about naxolone.

Delaware Public Media political reporter James Dawson stops by The Green to discuss the latest happenings at Legislative Hall, including the start of debate over the Wilmington Education Improvement Commission’s work.

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Delaware Public Media's Tom Byrne and political reporter James Dawson recap the week at Legislative Hall.

Delaware Public Media’s Mark Arehart learns more about Dogfish Head’s decision to move its Analog-A-Go-Go music festival north to New Castle County in his conversation with Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione.

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Delaware Public Media's Mark Arehart interviews Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione about moving the brewery's Analog A-Go-Go festival.

In the wake of this week’s Transit of Mercury, our Enlighten Me segment revisits our story on Lewes, Delaware’s historical connection to another celestial event – The Transit of Venus.

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Former Delaware Public Media reporter Annie Ropeik speaks with astronomical historian James Morrison about Lewes' role in observing the transit of Venus in 1769.