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Three legislative packages are being proposed in Albany for mental health treatment. One would expand who can diagnose patients and connect them to further treatment. Those permissions would include licensed mental health counselors, if the bill is passed. Another would allow practitioners to bill Medicaid directly for services. The third would allow insurers to cover counseling outside […]
We are starting to see some COVID-19 restrictions ease in New York State. As the number of coronavirus cases continues to go down Governor Andrew Cuomo will allow some businesses to stay open later. Starting April 5th certain businesses will no longer have to close at 11 pm. Those businesses are casinos, movie theatres, bowling […]
Millions of Americans are anticipating the third round of federal stimulus checks. The third round of stimulus checks will be $1400 dollars per person plus an additional $1400 for people with children. A man from Indianapolis killed his girlfriend’s family after an argument over her stimulus check. Reports say the man demanded some of her […]
Megan Thee Stallion partnered with apparel retail company Fashion Nova to donate $100,000 to the Breonna Taylor Foundation on the first anniversary of her death. The Grammy winning artist said the core mission of the foundation is to support economic, social and racial justice through police reform. Breonna Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, created the foundation […]
ABC’s reboot of The Wonder Years has it’s new Kevin Arnold. Elisha “EJ” Williams playing Dean. The show will take place in 1968 Montgomery, Alabama, as the middle-class Williams family tries to make sure these are the Wonder Years for them, too. Dean, an inquisitive and hopeful 12-year-old, is trying to figure out his place within […]
A big announcement today from the Rochester Police Department. The RPD is banning its officers from using chokeholds unless there is an extreme circumstance. The situations considered extreme would be where “deadly physical force is authorized”. Some of the other changes announced on Monday are updated guidances on the officers’ duty to use excessive force […]
Friday on the Wak-Up Club we had the City Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren for the Watercooler. She brought the Rochester Police Department Chief Cynthia Harriet-Sullivan on with her to address the recent shooting. An officer shot and killed Tyshon Jones on March 10 in front of the Open Door Mission. There have been a couple […]
If you’re waiting on getting the third round of the federal stimulus money and you owe any debt your money is not protected. Now the second round of stimulus money which was the $600 payment that Congress to approved last year was protected from garnishment but that’s not the case for the $1,400 third round […]
Have you heard about a cell phone debate on whether to charge it overnight? That it would affect your smartphone’s battery’s performance? Declining over time? Well, Apple says that when your iPhone remains at full charge for prolonged periods of time, battery health can be affected. Android phone manufacturers, including Samsung, say the same. “Do not […]
The NAACP announced that Eddie Murphy will be inducted into the Image Awards Hall of Fame. The hall of fame induction is bestowed on an individual who is viewed as a pioneer in their respective field and whose influence shaped the profession for generations to come. Murphy started his career as a stand-up comic as […]
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