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Remembering Bishop Cecil A. Malone

By Felix Teitelbaum

Juneteenth is now officially a federal holiday. President Biden signed it into law on Thursday, making today Juneteenth’s first federal recognized celebration. Businesses are closed. Many Government employees have the day off. The day celebrates the emancipation of black men and women from enslavement in the United States.  But that  passage of history is not…

Tompkins County Urges New York State to Keep it “Whole” in 2021 Redistricting Process

By Jimmy Jordan

TOMPKINS COUNTY, NY — The Tompkins County Legislature unanimously passed a resolution at their Tuesday meeting, urging that New York State’s 2021 redistricting process place Tompkins County completely in one congressional district and one state senate district.  The resolution was written by Tompkins County Legislator Martha Robertson. Tompkins County is split between three state senate…

Advocates Continue Push to End College Transcript Withholding in NY

By Michayla Savitt

From December 2019 through March 2020, there were about 40,000 cases of transcript withholding in the SUNY system, according to Young Invincibles. (Adobe Stock) ALBANY, N.Y. — A measure to end college transcript withholding due to outstanding debt did not pass this session, but its supporters will continue advocating for those affected by the practice. Ripple effects…

COVID-19 Update with Frank Kruppa, Tompkins County Public Health Director

By WRFI News Staff

Frank Kruppa, Tompkins County Public Health Director Tompkins County is seeing no to low new COVID cases. Numbers haven’t looked like this since August 2020. So, where are we with the pandemic right now? It seems good, like we’re reaching a light at the end of a tunnel, as if that comparison isn’t used enough.…

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