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Washington, DC’s WAMU: Local lawmakers make plea to combat opioid abuse
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Washington, DC’s WAMU: Local lawmakers make plea to combat opioid abuse

Based on Capitol Hill, Matt Laslo is an award-winning reporter who has covered Congress, the White House and the Supreme Court since 2006. While he’s filed stories for NPR and more than 40 of its affiliates, his work has also appeared in The Atlantic, Campaigns and Elections Magazine, the Chattanooga Times Free Press, the Omaha World-Herald, and Washingtonian.

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