This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses the announced retirement of State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr.; a proposed Shinnecock tax-free gas station in Hampton Bays; an update to the state cannabis rollout; and a proposed charter high school in Riverhead.

Joseph P. Shaw, Executive Editor, The Express News Group

Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group

Denise Civiletti, Editor/Publisher, Riverhead Local

Beth Young, Editor/Publisher at East End Beacon

Brian Cosgrove, Host of The Afternoon Ramble