For the 2024 campaign, Joe Biden is out, and Kamala Harris is in. As the vice president makes moves toward the top of the Democratic presidential ticket, health policy is resurging as a campaign issue. Meanwhile, Congress tries — and again fails — to make timely progress on the annual government spending bills as abortion issues cause delays. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Stephanie Armour of KFF Health News, and Rachel Cohrs Zhang of Stat join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Anthony Wright, the new executive director of Families USA, about his plans for the organization and his history working with Harris on health topics.
In the second hour of “Connections with Evan Dawson” on Thursday, July 25, 2024, we sit down with Kim Bixler to discuss her childhood growing up in Rochester’s only Frank Lloyd Wright House.
In the first hour of “Connections with Evan Dawson” on Thursday, we speak with leaders of Upstate Interiors Academy about trade jobs and hear stories from some of their students.
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Goodbye, student MetroCards. New York City students will receive free OMNY cards in the coming school year, allowing for more flexible travel on weekdays and weekends, Mayor Eric Adams announced Thursday. The new cards — which will be available for the 2024-25 school year […]
An old fire station in the Amphi neighborhood will become a new shelter and assistance hub for unhoused people, the only housing-first effort in the neighborhood. The endeavor is part of the city’s Housing First Program, which aims to address homelessness by prioritizing getting people sheltered and providing them additional support and services. On June […]
El tribunal más alto del estado se niega a revocar la Proposición 22, respaldada por los votantes, una ley redactada por la industria de los conciertos. El fallo significa que los trabajadores por encargo seguirán siendo contratistas independientes.
State’s highest court refuses to overturn voter-backed Prop. 22, a law written by the gig industry. The ruling means gig workers will remain independent contractors.
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools.Goodbye, student MetroCards.New York City students will receive free OMNY cards in the coming school year, allowing for more flexible travel on weekdays and wee…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House Thursday passed a Republican-led resolution condemning the president and Vice President Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic presidential nominee, for the administration’s immigration policies. Republicans announced they would move forward with the resolution hours after President Joe Biden suspended his reelection campaign and threw his support to Harris to become the new Democratic […]
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools.New York City’s highest-poverty schools could experience an exodus of teachers in the coming years, an unintended consequence of a sweeping class size mandate, …
