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The bill would prevent retailers from using data about individual shoppers to charge them more for an item than other shoppers would be charged.
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(Airs 06/17/26 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with New York State Assembly Majority Crystal Peoples Stokes, a Democrat from the Buffalo area who is retiring after 23 years in the state legislature. We’ll talk about her career, what she’s passionate about, and so much more.
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A journey commemorating the Underground Railroad is passing through Rochester this week. Along the way, the participants are hearing the personal stories of today's freedom seekers.
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Activists say they faced tougher treatment for demonstrations at the Capitol during the recent legislative session. -
The list includes Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes, a Buffalo lawmaker leaving Albany after 23 years in the Assembly, the last eight as majority leader. -
New York Public News Network reporters Jimmy Vielkind and Samuel King talk about the latest developments at the State Capitol in Albany.
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New Yorker writer Ben Taub says while the idea of acquiring Greenland is out of the headlines, it hasn't been dropped. Taub describes how Trump's ongoing efforts have broken the trust of our allies.
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Taiwan's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said the scholars' passports and mobile phones were confiscated, and they were detained in Mombasa for more than 20 hours before being allowed to leave the country. -
Senators wanted to fast-track President Trump's pick for Director of National Intelligence. But Trump now says he wants to delay until they pass voting legislation that already failed in the Senate. -
People who go to prison keep one important right — to file a grievance over their treatment: from abuse to denied medical care. But in the vast majority of cases, those efforts go nowhere, according to an analysis of federal data by The Marshall Project and NPR.
