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Supreme Court to Hear Case on Obama’s Authority to Implement Immigration Reforms

By WRFI News Staff

WRFI’s Lori Sonken talks with Cornell professor Shannon Gleeson about what communities around the country are doing to invest in programs to benefit immigrant communities and local economies. This interviewed aired on January 22, 2016.

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Consolidation efforts in New York State- January 26th, 2016

By WRFI News Staff

Esther Racoosin speaks with Kent Gardner and Paul Bishop of the Center for Governmental Research, a nonprofit consultation firm based in Rochester, New York.  They discuss the results of different municipal and school district consolidation efforts, as well as what the upcoming police consolidation study between the City of Ithaca and Tompkins County might include. …

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Guidelines for children reading e-books- January 19th, 2016

By WRFI News Staff

Esther Racoosin speaks with Elizabeth Stilwell, interim co-director of the Family Reading Partnership about her organization’s recommendations to parents and adults who read e-books to children.  She describes how babies and young children react to being read conventional books, and how they might respond differently to e-books. This interview initially aired on the January 19th,…

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Mental health in schools needs proactive approach-January 12th, 2016

By WRFI News Staff

Esther Racoosin speaks with local author Aimee Lehmann about her recent editorial in the Ithaca Journal regarding a reported increase in students experiencing school-related stress. This interview initially aired on the January 12th, 2016 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.

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