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The Franklin Stage Company presents John Patrick Shanley's 'Doubt: A Parable.' Artistic Co-Director Patricia Buckley is also a member of the cast and talks about the play and how pertinent it is right now in light of recent news reports.
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ALBANY, NY (WSKG) - New York Congressman from the Hudson Valley , Sean Patrick Maloney, who is also a candidate in the Democratic primary for Attorney General, is weighing in on Governor Cuomo’s controversial statement that American “was never that great.”
Cuomo took on President Trump’s slogan “make America great again,” by saying there’s no need to do so because the country was “never that great.” The governor, in a speech Wednesday, went on to say that the nation has not yet reached its full potential because of inequalities that exist. A spokeswoman for Cuomo later clarified that Cuomo does believe that America "is great". Congressman Maloney, who was in downtown Albany for a town hall meeting, says Cuomo expressed himself inelegantly. “It was a pretty stupid thing to say,” said Maloney.
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SYRACUSE, NY (WRVO) - Drunk driving crashes are on the decline in New York State, according to the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee. But at the same time, the number of crashes involving drug impaired drivers is on the rise. Now the state is increasing the numbers of highly trained officers who can identify the signs of drug-impaired driving.
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SYRACUSE, NY (WRVO) Access to health care is important for individuals overall physical, social and mental health. But there are barriers for many Americans according to the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion -- including the high cost of care, inadequate insurance coverage (or no coverage at all), or lack of available services.
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STATE IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA - Water use for fracking by oil and gas operators in the Marcellus Shale region rose 20 percent between 2011 and 2016 as longer laterals were drilled to fracture more gas-bearing rock, even though the pace of well development slowed in response to low natural gas prices, a Duke University study said on Wednesday. The rise was the smallest of any of the six U.S. regions studied, including the Permian Basin area of Texas, where water use surged by 770 percent over the period.
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