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WBFO Brief Tuesday June 21, 2022

Hear the start of Tom Dinki’s series on extremism in WNY, in light of the Tops shooting. Also, the hospitality training industry getting a boost from the shortage of bar and restaurant workers, and voting rights laws in NYS

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  • Preparations are now in high gear for Niagara Falls, Ontario for the full Solar Eclipse.
  • Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to stiffen penalties towards retail theft. Theater Talk with Peter Hall and Anthony Chase.
  • Some state lawmakers want to take health insurance companies out of the business of providing home healthcare.
  • The gender pay gap in WNY is smaller than the national average. A bike club touts E-Bikes and cycling advocacy for the East Side community.
  • One of Buffalo's iconic art-deco-style buildings is again up for sale. Aitina Fareed-Cooke is Buffalo's new poet laureate. Lindsey Lauren Visser is Buffalo's newly-appointed historian.
  • On today's WBFO Brief, catch up on the news of the day.
  • An AKG exhibit remembering May 14, opens today. Theater Talk with Peter Hall and Anthony Chase.
  • The Great Lakes Commission is calling for the federal government to invest over $1 billion. New York Assembly and Senate are expected to release their own budget plans next week.
  • Buffalo's Common Council is getting behind the plan to demolish and replace the Perry homes. Hostel Buffalo Niagara is being told to shutdown by March 25, just before visitors flock to the city for the Solar Eclipse.
  • Gov. Kathy Hochul announced progress that she's said she's made on combatting crime and car theft. It's Super Tuesday, and WBFO will be carrying coverage.