WBFO Brief

Kaleida workers have a tentative contract agreement that will avoid a strike for about 1600 workers there. Also two reports from Albany correspondent Karen DeWitt: one on at the farm worker overtime-threshold changes, that will phase in a standard 40-hour-work-week and another on mailers being sent in the gubernatorial campaign

If it's Friday - it's Theater Talk -this with with Anthony and Peter talking about four shows and the national tour of THE PROM closing this weekend. Also, Buffalo Public Schools release some new lower statistics on student suspensions, to try and push back against concerns raised by a NY Civil Liberties Union town hall meeting Thursday. And we have news of the push for more EV charging stations across NYS and the nation.

Jay Moran talks with songwriters as part of this weekend's "FolkFaces VI" event in Darien. Albany correspondent Karen DeWitt looks at The Trump effect in the Siena Poll's newest numbers that give incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul a 17-point-lead over Republican challenger Lee Zeldin . Historical re-enactors are saying that gun laws are placing some new restrictions on their work. The state's biggest settlement- $30 million- given to a clergy sexual abuse victim has been awarded by an Erie County jury, and Magellan Technology workers are seeking hundred of thousands of dollars in back pay.

A Siena College poll shows Gov. Kathy Hochul with a comfortable lead over Republican challenger Lee Zeldin heading into the November election, while a new study says historic preservation districts have been good for the city of Buffalo. Plus, Canadian Union of Public Employees says Toronto area hospitals need to hire 15,000 more health care workers just to keep emergency rooms from closing.

A protest of deaths at the Anglican Church's Native American residential schools in Canada, and news from Albany on some changes to state nursing home staffing laws, which union members are saying are ineffective. Also Buffalo Schools Chief Financial Officer has resigned and COVID restrictions that kept Americans from just crossing into Canada without testing or vaccinations, are gone.

Today we have details on a flood watch for Erie and Chautauqua counties, and a look at delayed money that Kaleida Health needs in state aid, as it heads into contract talks with two labor unions that have already authorized a strike. Also, Albany correspondent Karen DeWitt reports on a nit of a pushback from Republican Lee Zeldin, responding to Gov. Hochul's charges that he wants to roll back abortion protections in New York State. And from Toronto, Dan Karpenchuk reports on the changes at the border that are expected today to eliminate vaccination requirements and use of the ArriveCan app.

If it's Friday, it's Theater Talk- today with Anthony and Peter looking at this past week's season opener "Curtain Up" event. Also, WBFO's Jay Moran has an in depth look a the Buffalo Humanities Fest and Karen Dewitt reports on a debate in Albany over Gov. Kathy Hochul pledge's to be involved in only one debate this year, while Republican opponent Lee Zeldin wants many. And hear about Buffalo's first-in-the-nation memorial monument for African American Veterans, the move to have parents drive kids to school, and another nurses union is in contract talks

A plan to pay parent's to drive their children to school as a way of dealing with a driver shortage, is hitting some fresh opposition. And Kleinhan's Music Hall is getting some renovations.

A look at how the bus driver shortage has a spin-off effect for a community center in Buffalo. AlsoCanada is expected to announce an end to the vaccine requirement for entry into that country, the West Side Bazaar is closed indefinitely after yesterday's fire there, and eminent domain proceedings are underway to preserve two buildings in the Cobblestone District.

Reflections on Queen Elizabeth II and her visit to the Shaw Festival in Niagara On The Lake in1973. Also, the rise of right wing extremism in Canada, and outgoing Republican Cong. Chris Jacobs has submitted a bill to start discussion on requiring licensing for all semi-automatic weapons.