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2022 Year in Review

S2 Ep 6

December 15, 2022  |    |  1 min read

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Producer: Cody Boston

This special episode of Flatland invites our reporting team to the table to provide updates to some of the stories our series has covered over the last year including recreational marijuana, homelessness, healthcare workers and reproductive rights.

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