Maryland Governor Wes Moore will be lobbying on Capitol Hill today in an effort to convince Congress to support President Biden’s pledge to fully fund the replacement of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, providing the U.S. with the opportunity to  ‘bounce forward,' says Cornell Brooks School of Public Policy professor Rick Geddes. 

Law and Policy

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Art Wheaton serves as director of labor studies at Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor

Industrial and Labor Relations

Economics and Business

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Today, Kiss announced that it has sold its catalog, name and likeness to Pophouse Entertainment Group. Benjamin Piekut, professor of music at Cornell University, says the recordings can be endlessly reconfigured to bring Kiss to life for new audiences.

Jeffrey Grabelsky, co-director of the National Labor Leadership Institute at Cornell University, is an expert on building and construction trades unions. He weighs in on the current hold-up involving affordable housing initiatives in the NYS budget.

New York State

New York City

Industrial and Labor Relations

Labor Relations & Human Resources

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Florida’s Supreme Court ruling on Monday allowed the state to ban abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, a ruling that deviates from the more moderate views held by most Americans says Cornel University professor Landon Schnabel.

Law and Policy

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For the first time, cows at dairy farms across the U.S. have tested positive for avian flu. The virus is believed to have spread to at least five states. Cornell University experts are available to discuss impacts and precautions.

New York State

Food & Agriculture

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Chloe Ahmann, a historical and environmental anthropologist whose work focuses on Baltimore, industrialism and environmental justice, comments on Baltimore's role as a major coal exporter and argues that recovery from the Key Bridge collapse represents a time to listen to residents impacted by coal shipping.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Arts and Sciences

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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has given final approval to a congestion pricing plan to toll vehicles entering part of Manhattan, even as the plan faces pending lawsuits and some concerns from New York City’s mayor.

New York City

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Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning after a support column was struck by a container ship. The collision sent at least seven cars into the Patapsco River.

Law, Government & Public Policy

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Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Texas law S.B. 4 to take effect while legal challenges continue, a federal appeals court blocked the state from making it a state crime for migrants to illegally cross the border into Texas, a move which would prevent Texas from having the U.S. violate duties to scores of other countries says Cornell Law professor Ian Kysel. 

Law and Policy

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