{"id":116705,"date":"2017-03-08T08:00:05","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T14:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=116705"},"modified":"2017-03-08T16:56:09","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T22:56:09","slug":"disct-12-29-legislative-forum-march-4-jmst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=116705","title":{"rendered":"Legislative Report Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown (CSi)\u00a0.\u00a0 CSi\u00a0Legislative Report\u00a0for Districts 12 &amp; 29 aired live on CSi 67 Sat. 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