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11/17/2025

JUST ANNOUNCED: Ira Glass at the State Theatre of Ithaca. Sign up for WSKG's LOCALLY SOURCED newsletter today for a special pre-sale code!

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11/17/2025

JUST ANNOUNCED!

🎙️ JUST ANNOUNCED! 🎙️

Ira Glass returns to The State Theatre of Ithaca on September 19th, 2026!

🎟️ Tickets go on sale THIS FRIDAY: https://tixr.com/e/164362

👉 Did you know State Theatre of Ithaca Members get the first crack at the best seats in the house before they on sale? Become a Member today and reserve your seats NOW! More info here: www.stateofithaca.org/membership

11/17/2025

Pssst. Don't tell anyone, but all six episodes of Ken Burns's AMERICAN REVOLUTION are available streaming on the WSKG website right now.

Thirteen colonies unite in rebellion, win their independence, and found the United States.

11/16/2025

Ken Burns's epic AMERICAN REVOLUTION premieres Sunday 6pm on WSKG and streaming at WSKG.org.

11/14/2025

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history has officially ended. However, uncertainty over the Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits continues.

After more than 40 days away from Washington D.C., Republican Congressman Nick Langworthy, who represents New York’s 23rd congressional district, was in the U.S. Capitol building this week ahead of a vote to end the shutdown.

House members passed the measure Wednesday night in a vote of 222 to 209. Six Democrats voted with Republicans to reopen the government. Two Republicans voted no.

Prior to the shutdown, Democratic lawmakers pushed to extend the COVID-era ACA tax credits in the continuing resolution. The move meant holding out on funding the government unless GOP lawmakers agreed to extend these subsidies.

Langworthy said he and his colleagues did pass a "clean spending bill” in September that was similar to continuing resolutions he voted to pass during the Biden administration. Extending the ACA subsidies were not included in the September measure.

Twenty-four million people who do not have health insurance through their employer or Medicaid are enrolled in health care coverage through the ACA marketplace. The ACA tax credits were put in place in 2021 and extended through 2025 by the Inflation Reduction Act. Insurance premiums for participants will be more than twice what they are now if the subsidies expire.

"I'm very concerned about the rising price of health care, but shoveling money with no reforms just out of the pocket of the taxpayer does not solve the problem,” Langworthy said. "It enriches the insurer. So we need to get to root causes, and we have to have a robust conversation and debate about this before we can just blanketly agree to just pushing forward what is exactly failed policy.”

Over 6,300 people in Langworthy’s district are enrolled in the ACA Marketplace, according to health policy organization KFF.

To read the full article, visit WSKG.org

Story by Natalie Abruzzo/WSKG News
Photo by Vaughn Golden/WSKG News

11/14/2025

Ken Burns's American Revolution debuts Sunday at 8pm on WSKG and streaming at WSKG.org

11/13/2025

Last week, Cornell University made a big announcement: the Ivy League school had made a long awaited deal with the Trump administration to get back hundreds of millions in federal funding.

The deal also closes federal investigations into the university over allegations of civil rights violations, including alleged antisemitism.

WSKG’s Ithaca-area reporter Aurora Berry spoke with WSKG News Director Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo about the specifics of the settlement and what it means for Cornell and Tompkins County.

For the full conversation, head to WSKG.org

Story by Aurora Berry and Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo/WSKG News

Photo by Ted Shaffrey/AP