Episode: 15 Air Date: June 9th, 2026
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Onondaga County Reporter Laura Robertson returns to share the most important developments she has seen unfolding within the Onondaga County Legislature this year. She explains why the Democrats’ decision to hire outside legal counsel has empowered them to speed up their legislative agenda and identifies how each party is competing for different visions of legislative transparency.
In her conversation with host Maximilian Eyle, Robertson dives deeper into county policy priorities ahead of the November election. They discuss each party’s plan for investments in housing and transportation, and explore how dealmaking that used to occur behind closed doors is now more frequently spilling out onto the legislature floor.
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