Opinion Exchange
A conversation with the Editorial Board of The Journal News and LoHud.comHighlights from today’s editorials on the Senate gun vote
A roundup of today’s editorials on gun violence after the Senate gun vote Wednesday to reject expanded background checks on buyers. From The Journal News: “In public opinion polls, as many as 90 percent of the American people have supported universal background checks, but even the weak Manchin-Toomey amendment rejected… Read More →
Watch Obama’s angry speech after the Senate vote on gun control
An angry President Obama addresses a crowd Wednesday after the Senate vote on gun control. A Senate minority helped defeat a proposal to expand background checks on gun purchases. Obama said this is only round one and that real change is inevitable. Source: White House
Watch live at 3 p.m.: John King, N.Y. education commissioner, on Editorial Spotlight
New York Education Commissioner John King and other state Department of Education officials join an Editorial Spotlight interview at 3 p.m. today to discuss standardized testing, Common Core, teacher evaluations, budget issues and more. Also attending: Dennis Tompkins, chief of external affairs Kate Gerson, senior fellow for Common Core and… Read More →
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Gun control in Congress: What should take priority?
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Watch In the News: Playland
Opinion Editor Herb Pinder and Tax Watch Columnist David McKay Wilson discuss development plans for Playland in Rye. (Video by Matthew Brown/The Journal News) Read more on Playland: Children’s museum depends on solving Westchester squabble Astorino: 10-year Playland pact ‘stops the financial bleeding’
Watch In the News: Ferncliff Manor
Opinion Editor Herb Pinder and Tax Watch Columnist David McKay Wilson discuss Ferncliff Manor, the Yonkers-based school looking to move to the vacant WestHELP property in Greeburgh. (Video by Matthew Brown/The Journal News) Read more about WestHELP on Tax Watch at http://lohud.com/taxwatch.