Government
IC students protest choice of speaker to discuss Second Amendment days after mass shooting [AUDIO, Celia Clarke]
Ithaca College students protested the choice and timing of a speaker associated with the militia movement to discuss Second Amendment days after mass shooting. The speaker is identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a an anti-government extremist who was a key figure in the rise of the right-wing militia movement. He was invited…
Read MoreA solution to uncontested elections – Discussion with Leslie Danks-Burke & Anne Koreman [AUDIO]
Leslie Danks-Burke of Trailblazers PAC & Anne Koreman, newly elected Tompkins County Legislator talk about being a new candidate and how to reduce uncontested elections by helping new candidates to run. [mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/wrficommunityradionews/lesley-danks-burke-talks-about-how-to-reduce-uncontested-local-elections/ width=100% height=120 hide_cover=1]
Read MoreTompkins County votes to join county-based suit against big pharma for the opioid crisis [AUDIO]
Tompkins County voted on Thursday to join a county-based lawsuit against big pharmaceutical companies for the opioid crisis. If they win, it will pay for damages associated with the opioid epidemic, including costs for health, criminal justice, and social services. WRFI’s Laura Rosbrow-Telem reports from Ithaca. Sixteen people died from opioid overdoses in Tompkins County…
Read MoreHenrik Dullea Discusses State Constitutional Convention Vote [Audio]
[mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/wrficommunityradionews/henrik-dullea-discusses-state-constitutional-convention-proposition/ width=100% height=120 hide_cover=1] Henrik Dullea, a former aide to Mario Cuomo and former VP of University Relations at Cornell, talks about the upcoming proposition for the formation of a New York State Constitutional Convention. Dullea talks about the three step voting process, the arguments for and against, and offers other analyses of this…
Read MoreObamacare Repeal Uncertainties, Part 2 -Celia Clarke [AUDIO]
Congress has failed three times this year to repeal or change Obamacare. Tonight we have Part 2 of Celia Clarke’s discussions with some providers about how uncertainty about the fate of the law is effecting patients and their long-term care options. [mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/wrficommunityradionews/obamacare-uncertainty-part-2/ width=100% height=120 hide_cover=1 light=1]
Read MoreObamacare Repeal Uncertainties, Part 1 -Celia Clarke [AUDIO]
Earlier this summer, New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced his intention to sue the federal government if the Affordable Care Act was repealed. So far, all attempts to repeal or revise the law, best known as Obamacare, have failed. However, Republicans Congressional leaders and the President continue to try to revoke the law.…
Read MoreNY Election Board Giving Voter Info to Trump Commission -Celia Clarke [AUDIO]
The New York State Board of Elections has agreed to turn over some voter information to the recently created CO-BASH Commission. A break with the governor’s statement that no voter information would be handed over. However, in New York, the governor does have purview over the Board of Elections. The Commission has said it is…
Read MoreNick Reynolds of the Ithaca Times Talks Local Election [AUDIO]
06/06/17: Josh Brokaw of TruthSayers News talked with Nick Reynolds of the Ithaca Times about some of the issues candidates for county office will have to address. [mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/wrficommunityradionews/060617-truth-sayers-nick-reynolds-interview-josh-brokaw/ width=100% height=60 hide_cover=1 mini=1 light=1]
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