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Albany correspondent Karen DeWitt looks at the state purchase of COVID tests and whether the state may have used an unnecessary middle man that donated to Gov. Kathy Hochul's campaign. Also news of a federal sting that led to the arrest of a minister who performed and facilitated allegedly fraudulent marriages for the sake of landing green cards for spouses facing deportation.

Jay Moran talks with songwriters as part of this weekend's "FolkFaces VI" event in Darien. Albany correspondent Karen DeWitt looks at The Trump effect in the Siena Poll's newest numbers that give incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul a 17-point-lead over Republican challenger Lee Zeldin . Historical re-enactors are saying that gun laws are placing some new restrictions on their work. The state's biggest settlement- $30 million- given to a clergy sexual abuse victim has been awarded by an Erie County jury, and Magellan Technology workers are seeking hundred of thousands of dollars in back pay.

Former Buffalo Fire Commissioner Garnell Whitfield lost his mother Ruth in the shootings, and ever since has become an activist-- even on the federal level.  He has developed a relationship with Vice President Kamala Harris who has visited with him twice, and earlier this month he was part of the White House "United We Stand" summit.  Today, Whitfield will discuss all of this with Thomas O'Neil White, and we will also hear excerpts from that White House summit, including remarks from Harris, President Biden, and from Community Health Center of Buffalo's Executive Director LaVonne Ansari, who spoke at the event.

For three years, after the 2015 murder of 9 people in the historically Black Mother Emmanuel A-M-E church ins Charleston South Carolina, Tenelle Jones was one of the therapists who shared in the faith, hope and healing of that community. She is currently a full-time clinician at the Medical University of South Carolina Resiliency Center and will talk to Jay Moran about parallels to Buffalo and possible lessons we can take away from their experience.Then, Dave Debo speaks with Buffalo Police Athletic League Executive Director Nekia Kemp about several community needs -- on a day when the PAL is ready to announce a new conversation and engagement program for youth and police.

Today we look at the communities needs for food and counseling and support, with the director of one of the organizations providing that relief. Dave Debo talks with Candace Moppins from The Delavan Grider Community Center on what she is still seeing the need for despite having passed the 4 month mark since the shootings.Then former Buffalo Police Officer Cariol Horne (removed from the force for intervening to stop violence by another officer against a handcuffed suspect) was recently quoted in a national publication as saying that President Biden is a busy man and she could gladly just take over police policy for him. On a day when the president is hosting a summit on violence including Buffalo victims- Horne is with Thomas O’Neil White to talk about changes that Buffalo needs.

Today, we hear the latest on a new STEM program adopted by Buffalo Public Schools , in association with Apple computer co-founder Steve Wozniak. Also, what an ongoing drought in NYS means for Fall foliage, The FAA hangs tough on the pilot experience requirements enacted after lobbying by local family members who lost loved ones in the crash of Flight 3407 in Clarence, and One News Plaza near Canalside is sold to a developer.

If it's Friday, It's Theater Talk, today Anthony and Peter preview "Curtain Up!", talk about lingering COVID, and touch on the Stratford Festival's season. We also have the latest news after Kaleida Health workers in SEIU 1199 have voted to authorize a strike, should contract talks stall.

In today's "Producer Picks" segment, we revisit an earlier conversation with Catherine Collins, the WNY representative on the NYS Board of Regents. She talks about teaching on race, curriculum, and as always what the community needs are along Jefferson Avenue. Then Leah Watson from the American Civil Liberties Union looks at some districts across the U.S., where increasing censorship is so strong that teachers have not been able to discuss the Tops shootings - or other racial issues- with their students.

How do Black people navigate positions typically held by white people? Attorney Jason Daniels will talk with Jay Moran about being Black in the corporate world. Then Mark Overall, President of the Buffalo Urban League’s Young Professionals group will expand on the topic with Dave Debo

In 2013, Kareema Morris realized that there needs to be more resources spent on finding missing, runaway, exploited & trafficked community members. Her Bury the Violence initiative has since expanded to work on ways to memorialize homicide victims, provide aid to their families and even fund their headstones. On today’s program she talks about this with Dave Debo. Ahmad Nieves jumped in when he saw a similar need: the lack of education on home ownership. His Buffalo Information Sharing Cooperative works on financial literacy programs and grass-roots programs to help reduce the low home ownership rates in Buffalo’s African American and other communities of color. He discusses it with Thomas O’Neil-White.