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Though Northern Kentucky is battling widespread heroin addictions and the related criminal activity that accompanies it, regional leaders charged with addressing that crisis have also turned their attention to marijuana. NKY drug czar Kim Moser and Laura Brinson from the Boone Co. Alliance join RCN's Michael Monks to talk about the anti-marijuana forum coming to Covington, and the region's seemingly endless battle against heroin.

A new report shows that Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky lag behind peer cities when it comes to transportation issues. Why? RCN's Michael Monks talks with Skyward's Kristine Frech and Agenda 360's Erika Fiola to find out.

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The new governor in Kentucky wants to get rid of kynect, the Commonwealth's implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act that aided in 500,000 Kentuckians gain health insurance. So what does that mean? Cara Stewart, a kynector and attorney with the Kentucky Equal Justice Center, joins RCN's Michael Monks to discuss.

OutReels Cincinnati presented by the Cincinnati Film Society, runs November 13-15 at the Aronoff Center for the Arts. The 3-day LGBT film festival opens Friday at 8 p.m. with documentary feature "Upstairs Inferno" by filmmaker Robert L. Camina, detailing the nightclub arson that killed more than 30 people at a New Orleans gay bar in 1973. Camina joins RCN's Michael Monks to discuss.

Covington City Commissioner Jordan Huizenga joins RCN's Michael Monks and discusses why he regrets his vote on pool fees, why he still supports building an event center in Devou Park, and more.

For the first time, voters in Villa Hills approved a new tax to pay for road repairs. Mayor Butch Callery, who was once mayor in Covington, too, joins RCN's Michael Monks to talk about the significance -- and how harmony has returned to Villa Hills.

In this month's edition we debate the pay-to-park plan that is coming to Mainstrase Village, we hear about the move of a neighborhood shop, and an update on the soon-to-open Mac's Pizza! Host: Charles Killian of Piper's Cafe.

Popp=d Art received a hefty sum from People's Liberty and they join RCN to talk about it.

Democratic Kentucky Auditor Adam Edelen talks about his reelection bid and a possible challenge to US Senator Rand Paul next year, with RCN's Michael Monks.

$2 million more for the Covington riverfront... Plus, Larry Klein says that even though he is always just 3 votes away from needing a new job, he's exactly where he wants to be as City Manager.