State Senator Samra Brouk addresses mental health and what the state can do about it. Then we discuss the City of Rochester’s plans for its first nature center.
News Media Need a Plan for Dealing With Kamala Harris Slander
UA instructor of news media Tom Arenberg debates how much the media should report on criticism based on Harris’ race and gender. Read more.
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Planned Parenthood’s Push to Get Voters to the Polls
Planned Parenthood’s political and advocacy organizations will use a more than $40 million war chest to blitz GOP officeholders and candidates in an effort to flip the House and maintain Democratic control of the Senate and presidency. The plan is to focus on the records of Republicans who have repeatedly voted against access to abortion, contraceptives, in vitro fertilization or gender-affirming […]
A second California governor try for Antonio Villaraigosa

From CalMatters Capitol reporter Alexei Koseff: Have you had enough speculation this week about who presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris might choose as her running mate? Can I interest you in some speculation about California’s next governor instead? The crowded field expanded again on Tuesday when Antonio Villaraigosa, the Democratic former Los Angeles mayor […]
Local violence prevention efforts get a $100,000 state aid boost
Two organizations, Action for a Better Community and Rise Up Rochester will split the funding, which is earmarked for finding ways to prevent violence, especially among young people.
California took vacation time from a prison doctor. Now it has to pay him $1.8 million

A California prison doctor accumulated more than 1,000 hours of personal time off and used some of it to work a second job. He claimed he faced retaliation when officials began scrutinizing his time and then clawed back much of his leave bank.
Frustrated by school web filters, one teenager created his own

During early COVID lockdowns, a teen worked with his family to raise $1.8 million in venture funding and built a web filter with a team of data scientists and psychologists that he now hopes will help students safely surf the web.
DLCC to invest $500k in Pa. House
The arm of the Democratic Party tasked with working on state legislative races announced Wednesday it will invest $500,000 in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. The funds are the first part of a $2.2 million investment in battleground states, which is itself part of a larger $10 million investment the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) […]
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‘Wisconsin Media Row’ delivered local, affordable convention coverage

The recently wrapped Republican National Convention in Milwaukee rolled out the red carpet (literally!) for local Wisconsin media outlets. And by most accounts, “Wisconsin Media Row” was a success.
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Ideological Wisconsin law firm strengthening ties with state school boards

The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, or WILL, has gotten more involved with local school boards.
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