Continuing Support for Ukraine. Longtime Cape Cod businessmen Jim Peterson and TJ Johnson, who started the charitable foundation Ukrainian Relief Mission Corp., join us again on NightSide to give an update on their continuing efforts of providing aid to Ukrainian refugees living in Poland. How many refugees have they been able to help? How can you get involved?
Unlimited Free Prison Calls? The Massachusetts House has advanced legislation to make phone calls free for state and county prisoners. The plan requires the Department of Correction and country sheriffs to provide phone calls with unlimited minutes or calls at no cost. The measure goes beyond what Gov. Healey proposed with capping free calls at 1,000 minutes a month. Do you think the state should pay for prisoners’ phone calls?
Migrant Buses Overwhelm U.S. Cities. Various mayors of large U.S. cities, including NYC Mayor Eric Adams are expressing criticism towards TX Governor Greg Abbott for overwhelming them with busloads of migrants. Title 42 is set to expire at the end of next week and the federal government estimates that the Border could see up to 13k migrants trying to cross a day. The Biden Admin. plans to send troops to the Border to assist but is that enough? Should Title 42 be extended or left to expire?
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