WBFO Brief

An Air Quality Alert remains in effect today due to smoke and haze making its way south from Northern Ontario and Quebec. Valerie Wales talks with Buffalo's National Weather Service.

Results from yesterday's primary elections, air quality alerts return for Western New York, and Buffalo’s Affordable Housing Task Force will hold its first public input meeting today.

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed three LGBTQ rights bills at the NYC Pride celebration on Sunday. Some Toronto organizers are shocked by the soaring costs of security at Toronto's Pride celebration event. Scott Sackett visits a local church that is defying the norm.

On the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law a bill that will protect New York providers who prescribe medication abortions to pregnant people in other states where the practice has been outlawed.

Ten splash pads are open in the City of Buffalo starting today. Habitat for Humanity Buffalo celebrated their first modular home, which may help to overcome the rising cost of construction materials. The NBA draft happened last night. The NHL draft is next week. Theatre Talk with Peter Hall and Anthony Chase.

Happening tonight: the 48th season of Shakespeare in Delaware Park kicks off and the dedication of a new sculpture at the Reading Park outside of the Central Library. Karen DeWitt reports on the state budget and spending and Dan Karpenchuk reports on the upcoming Toronto mayoral election and candidates.

United Way Day of Caring returns today after a 3-year hiatus. 11 Day Power Play begins tonight. 40th Taste of Buffalo coming up in July. Refugee Partnership of Western New York wants to provide quality services for the 12,000 refugees and asylum seekers currently living in Buffalo. Karen DeWitt reports on what is and what is not getting done in the NY State Assembly's brief two-day session.

Early voting continues through Sunday. Two public information meetings will be held today at the Buffalo Museum of Science for the Kensington Expressway plans. State funding will help build the Riverline nature trail. Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission receiving $100,000 grant from the federal government.

Slow Roll Buffalo's Juneteenth bike ride happening tonight. Emergency care center temporarily available until new Lockport Memorial Hospital opens this Fall. Governor Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James attended the weekend's Juneteenth celebrations. Early voting in advance of the approaching primary day elections continues through Sunday. Karen DeWitt reports on the NY State Assembly's return to Albany on Tuesday.

Before Mark Wozniak signs off the air one last time, he talks with Jay Moran about his life and career. Hear the extended interview at wbfo.org. Theater Talk on Friday!