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Three Republican New York state senators are urging Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul to take action to protect the northern border.
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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey was in Pittsfield Tuesday for the city’s inauguration ceremony.
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The sheriff of New York’s northeastern-most county was in Washington this week to testify on how the surge of migrants crossing U.S. borders is impacting law enforcement and first responders.
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Pittsfield, Massachusetts Mayor Linda Tyer is outlining the city’s involvement in housing migrants as the state’s emergency shelter system reaches its capacity.
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With beds rapidly filling up in the Massachusetts emergency shelter system, 32 families are being temporarily housed in Berkshire County as the commonwealth scrambles to address the influx.
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New arrivals could end up on a waiting list
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(Airs 09/22/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Governor Hochul signs a law to make it easier for New Yorkers to access mail-in voting, Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay on the Republican plan to deal with migrants, and fall foliage season begins upstate.
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(Airs 09/21/23 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina speaks with New York state Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay about the influx of migrants upstate, redistricting, his reaction to a new Siena poll, and much more.
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Under intense political pressure from fellow Democrats, the Biden administration has announced it is granting protection to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who are already in the country.
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(Airs 09/08/23 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: A new report suggests the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York started earlier and spiked six times higher, Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes says no to Republicans’ call for a special session to deal with the influx of migrants, and there’s a new survey of school superintendents’ thoughts on educating migrant children.