WRFI Community Radio News Daily Brief – 6/19/2014
Local
Local police begin gorge patrols | 870 AM 95.9FM News Talk WHCU
Ithaca Residents Protest Cluster Development – Ithaca Times : News
‘No Question It’s Gotten Worse’: A Look Inside Ithaca’s Heroin Epidemic – Ithaca Times : News
Ithaca Juneteenth Celebration: Fun and Entrepreneurship – Ithaca Times : News
Tompkins seeks comprehensive plan input | Ithaca Journal | ithacajournal.com
Chronic intake of Western diet kills mice | Cornell Chronicle
Ithaca’s affordable housing crunch explained in graphsThe Ithaca Voice
Region/State
Bill to Require Insurance Companies Cover Substance Abuse Treatment – Time Warner Cable News
Assembly Calls for Moratorium Extension | WENY-TV NEWS
Albany Agenda: Heroin, Common Core & Medical Marijuana | WENY-TV NEWS
Public use plans proposed for new Adirondack lands | News from North Country Public Radio
NY senators propose steps against Lyme disease | News from North Country Public Radio
Schumer: Feds must pay more for bridge fixes | Ithaca Journal | ithacajournal.com
City & State – Carpe Diem? Seizing the Last Day (or so) of Session
Senator calls nearly 300 bridges in WNY substandard – City & Region – The Buffalo News
Lawmakers, Cuomo near deal on closing centers for disabled
Lawmakers approve measure making kindergarten mandatory – City & Region – The Buffalo News
Proposal to un-crowd county jails waits in the Assembly | News from North Country Public Radio
National
Redskins Run In to Trademark Trouble in Clash Over Name Change – Truthdig
Immigrant children tread treacherous political landscape – CNN.com –
Hatewatch Headlines 6/19/14 | Hatewatch
Charter school companies in US face corruption charges – World Socialist Web Site
Top Stories – Nuclear Weapons are not Going Away…3,970 Still Deployed – AllGov – News
Senators Propose 12-Cent Gas Tax Increase – ABC News
Redskins stripped of trademarks – Jonathan Topaz and Lucy McCalmont – POLITICO.com
Jindal says he’s withdrawing Louisiana from Common Core standards – The Washington Post
International
Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 19 June 2014 | Human Rights Watch
U.S. military leaders warn of difficulty of conducting airstrikes in Iraq – The Washington Post
NASA: May 2014 was the hottest May in recorded history.
Science
Improving academic performance with physical fitness
Sports linked to life gains in CU study | Ithaca Journal | ithacajournal.com