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By Alan Chartock

Albany, NY – TODAY IN THE COMMUNITY CORNER HARRY TUTUNJIAN TELLS ALAN ABOUT HIS MASTER PLAN FOR THE CITY OF TROY, BUT FIRST WE HEAR ABOUT A PERK THAT COMES WITH THE JOB, BEING ABLE TO MARRY COUPLES.

Albany, NY – The Roundtable's series on Social Security continues with Bernard Wasow of the Century Foundation and Richard Johnson of the Urban Institute speaking about the Future of Retirement's 3-Legged Stool.

Albany, NY – The first part of The Roundtable's Social Security series features Cornell's Richard Burkhauser and Purdue's Richard Hogan discussing the history of Social Security.

By Karen DeWitt

Albany, NY – New York State lawmakers will not be reinstating the death penalty this year, now that an Assembly Committee has voted down a bill to fix the state's flawed capital punishment statute.

By Pat Bradley

Albany, NY – Clergy members from across New York State met with lawmakers in Albany today to promote sex education that includes frank information on birth control and disease prevention. WAMC's North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley has more.

By Allison Dunne

Poughkeepsie, NY – A Marist poll out today shows a majority of New York voters would choose to
re-elect Senator Hillary Clinton in 2006. Yet a potential run for the
presidency in 2008 garners her less support. The poll's director points to a
former New York City mayor as stirring the pot when he's added to some
hypothetical match-ups. More from WAMC's Allison Dunne.

By John Krol

Boston, MA – Berkshire State Senator Andrea Nuciforo is circulating a letter on Beacon Hill that urges the head of the Senate Ways and Means Committee to invest more in the environment -- after several years of significant cuts. WAMC's Berkshire Bureau Chief John Krol has the story.

By Allison Dunne

Kingston, NY – With the death last month of the brain-damaged Florida woman - Terri Schiavo - the topic of living wills and other so-called advanced directives have been weighing on people's minds. In New York State, in the Hudson Valley, at least one hospital is holding a forum on the issue, while state associations are doling out information, and seeing large numbers of downloads of related documents from their Web sites. WAMC's Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Allison Dunne has more.

By Eesha Williams

Northampton, MA – Several lawmakers from western Massachusetts feels that an apparent change of position on emergency contraception by Governor Mitt Romney will hurt women. A Romney spokesman declined to speak specifically about the issue of emergency contraception. A bill to make the so-called "morning-after pill" more widely available is moving quickly through the Massachusetts legislature. WAMC's Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Eesha Williams reports.

By Pat Bradley

Washington, DC – The GAO released a report Monday that concludes the Nuclear Regulatory Commission needs to crack down on nuclear plants and their handling of highly radioactive spent fuel.
The report was issued a year after two spent fuel pieces were reported missing, and were later found, at the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant. WAMC's North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley has more.