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Top Stories, September 23, 2022

Safe Schools Initative Will Be Discussed On Monday

The Safe School Initative – the sheriff’s department met with school superintendents recently about suggestions for improvements for safety.  Steuben County Manager Jack Wheeler says, the program will provide additional equipment for school safety.  The Safe School Initative is going to be discussed Monday morning, at the Steuben County Legislatures’s monthly meeting.  The Steuben County Sheriff’s Office by the way, is looking to hire full time Correction Officers.  Interested in the job?  Call 607 622 3901.

 

Attempts To Overturn New State Gun Laws Are In Court

A federal judge is Syracuse has a case before him, from an organization that’s asking him to overturn Governor Kathy Hochul’s new gun laws that went into effect this month.  The new laws make it so you have to be 21 years old to own a semiautomatic.  The new Hochul gun laws also bans concealed carry handguns in movie theaters, churches, and other public places.

 

New Congressman Is Already Making Headlines 

Canisteo Republican, Congressman Joe Sempolinski, is no stranger to speaking out.  Sempolinski is already doing that.  He made is clear in a recent media call with reporters, that he is not in favor of President Joe Biden’s college student loan forgiveness plan.  "It's not fair to people who paid off their loans on time, it's not fair to people without college degrees who are working fulltime jobs, and it's not within the president's authority to do this," Sempolinski said.  "The president should bring it to the legislature, if he wants to do this."   Supporters of the president’s plan say, forgiving college loans helps the disadvantaged.

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