Nutrition programs in peril showdown over block grants
Opinion piece argues replacing three federal nutrition programs with block grants would shrink aid, raise malnutrition, and burden taxpayers. It warns of deeper social and economic costs, citing GAO and WIC impact, and defends school lunch and breakfast programs as vital for learning and productivity.
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Newt Gingrich
Congress
General Accounting Office
United States
WIC
GAO Cal
Time
Wisdom From Children Pushes PBS as Moral TV Benchmark
A nationwide survey of 10- to 16-year-olds, commissioned by Children Now, finds kids oppose heavy sex and disrespect on commercial TV and favor PBS for moral, educational programming. They’d choose Barney over Bart Simpson and urge Congress to protect and expand children friendly content on PBS.
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Children Now
Public Broadcasting Service
Barney
Bart Simpson
Charac
PBS
Vaters
Big Bird
Congress
Rebuild Syracuse Housing Program praised amid closing criticism
Frank Cardinale and Rev James Mathews defend Rebuild Syracuse, noting 130 homes built or rehabbed since 1987 and strong warranty records. They counter claims of shoddy workmanship while urging fair treatment and highlighting national recognition and community value on the Near West Side. Carl Baumann advocates higher minimum wage to support living standards.
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Syracuse
Near West Side
Tion
Conference of Mayors
Frank Cardinale
Rebuild
Homebuilders Association
Near West
Roy Bernardi
James Mathews
Gingrich hypocrisy over calls for Wright inquiry
Ronnie Kelly argues that House Speaker Newt Gingrich cannot denounce Democrats for pursuing an investigation into his alleged improprieties after his strong push for probing former Speaker Jim Wright. The columnist urges the current speaker to accept political retaliation and quotes Harry Truman on taking heat.
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House
Newt Gingrich
Rep. Gingrich
Jim Wright
Gingrich
Harry Truman
Ronnie Kelly Qatyvay
Arts groups should not blame Lombardi over mining permit ties
Judith Kaufman Weiner defends former Sen Tarky Lombardi as a longtime arts advocate while urging artists protesting his hiring as advocacy counsel to focus on the landowner and mining company in Rensselaer County Hoosick Falls dispute.
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Tarky Lombardi Jr
Lombardi
Rensselaer County
Tarky Lombardi
Hoosick Falls
Judith Kaufman
Weiner
Interfaith call against death penalty in New York state
Central New York faith leaders urge lawmakers to reinstate the death penalty calling it a violation of sanctity of life. They argue it increases violence, is not a deterrent, and is racially and economically biased while costing more than life imprisonment and risking wrongful execution.
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New York
Newark
State of
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Lattane
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Syracuse
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Jeffrey A. Barber
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Thomas J. Costello
David B. Joslin
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N.Y. West
United Methodist Church
Lee M. Miller
Upstate Evangelical Lutheran Church
Judith FE. Ajorth
New York State
James P. Lorick
Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance
Daniel A. Jezer
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Ronald B. Dewberry
Dorothy F. Rose
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