As the nation approaches the first anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning the landmark abortion rights ruling Roe v. Wade, a new coalition of 22 lieutenant governors has formed. The Reproductive Freedom Coalition says it will work to protect and expand reproductive rights and access to care. Lieutenant Governors from New York, Massachusetts and Vermont are part of the group, which was put together by Connecticut Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz, a second-term Democrat.
In January, Republican Poughkeepsie Mayor Rob Rolison will leave his post to assume his new role as State Senator from New York’s 39th District. ...
Over his many decades in public life, Richard Ravitch has worked in the private sector and the upper echelons of New York state government....
Longtime NPR Music contributors Ann Powers and Alison Fensterstock stop by to discuss the new book “How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History From...