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The Seneca Park Zoo has just acquired a juvenile rhino named Jiwe. He weights in at just under 3,000 lbs. and is 4 years old and will be replacing Bill as he transfers to Riverbanks Zoo and Garden “Having a juvenile rhino that we can watch grow up will be great,” Monroe County Executive Adam Bello […]
The coronavirus pandemic is still affecting millions American’s ability to earn an income. Even people with jobs are struggling to get by, now that they need to afford child care as schools are slowly re-opening with limited in person teaching. The government has thrown around the idea another stimulus check, but lawmakers are deadlocked and […]
If you receive SNAP benefits you may be able to use them to shop online for good very soon. Legislation passed the bill in late July and now only needs Governor Andrew Cuomo to sign it into law. The bill “authorizes the use of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to purchase online groceries in accordance […]
The House of Representatives voted yes on a bill that included the removal of confederate statues from the Capitol. One of the statues being removed is a bust of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney that resides in the Old Supreme Court Chamber. He was the reason the Dread Scott decision, which ruled that Black people […]
2020 has been a year we will never forget, a year of change, and a year of discovery. This year has been filled with ugliness and beauty, the worst and the best of humanity. It has been in a strange way about balance. In all things have to find the good to balance circumstances or […]
On Saturday, officials in Mississippi passed legislature that would make changing the state flag legal. Two thirds of the Mississippi House voted for the resolution and Mississippi State Governor Tate Reeves agreed to sign the bill if it came across his desk. Earlier in the week, the Governor said, “a vote of the people the […]
Since 1964, the New York State Thruway has been named after Governor Thomas Dewey. There is currently a bill in the Senate that is expected to have been passed Monday that would rename the freeway after Frederick Douglas. The bill was brought into the Senate in April by Tim Kennedy, the Senate Transportation Committee chairman, […]
There is a new bill in the New York State Senate committee that would help with rent if passed. The program would provide relief from individuals impacted by the coronavirus. The Emergency Rent Relief Act includes up to $100 million in relief funds from federal COVID-19 aid and the CARES act. However, you will have […]
On May 25th, 1965, a bill to prohibit racial discrimination in voting in the United Sates overcame the threat of a filibuster in the senate by a 70-30 vote for cloture.