WBFO Brief

Today, we hear the latest on a new STEM program adopted by Buffalo Public Schools , in association with Apple computer co-founder Steve Wozniak. Also, what an ongoing drought in NYS means for Fall foliage, The FAA hangs tough on the pilot experience requirements enacted after lobbying by local family members who lost loved ones in the crash of Flight 3407 in Clarence, and One News Plaza near Canalside is sold to a developer.

In today's "Producer Picks" segment, we revisit an earlier conversation with Catherine Collins, the WNY representative on the NYS Board of Regents. She talks about teaching on race, curriculum, and as always what the community needs are along Jefferson Avenue. Then Leah Watson from the American Civil Liberties Union looks at some districts across the U.S., where increasing censorship is so strong that teachers have not been able to discuss the Tops shootings - or other racial issues- with their students.

If it's Friday, It's Theater Talk, today Anthony and Peter preview "Curtain Up!", talk about lingering COVID, and touch on the Stratford Festival's season. We also have the latest news after Kaleida Health workers in SEIU 1199 have voted to authorize a strike, should contract talks stall.

A recap of Vice President Kamala Harris's meeting in Buffalo with Garnell Whitfield Jr., who lost his mother Ruth in the Tops shooting. Also a lawsuit against former Governor Andrew Cuomo has been filed by one of his sexual harassment accusers.

The Commodore Perry housing projects will face a major rehabilitation, instead of demolition. Former Governor Andrew Cuomo has filed an ethics complaint against Attorney General Letitia James, who produced the report outlining sexual harassment charges against him that ultimately led to his resignation. And a preview of Vice President Kamala Harris's visit to Buffalo today, tou tout the president's inflation reduction act.

WBFO's Tom Dinki has an update on several possible strikes at area nursing homes, where workers from SEIU 1199 are trying to get a new contract. And Gov.Kathy Hochul has decided not to renew the state's COIVD State of Emergency that gave her temporary emergency powers.

Just like they have done with COVID, state health officials are now monitoring sewage for the polio virus, and have found it's presence in the general population— especially downstate— is rising. Fresh efforts to set up a pubic internet network in Erie County are moving forward, and the presence of an invasive spotted laternfly could mean troubles in WNY's grape growing regions.

Democrats kick off a statewide effort in Buffalo to label Republican Gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin as being part of "the far right fringe of the Republican Party." And several disabled people are raising concerns about poor service on the NFTA's Paratransit Access line. Also a power outage for parts of the UB Campus and New York State flags go to half staff in honor of Queen Elizabeth

Today, how the rural school districts without robust public transit or a big population, cope with the shortage of school bus drivers. Also, the latest changes in overtime rules for farm workers. Prosecutors say they have a mountain of evidence in the case of the Chautauqua Institution stabbing of author Salman Rushdie, and an end to the mask mandate on public transit.

The school year is underway- and schedule changes are in place so districts can deal with a shortage of school bus drivers. The newer lower threshold is in place that allows farm workers to get overtime after 40 hours instead of the current 60, and a statewide poll shows support for Pres. Biden's student loan foregiveness effort.