Episode 30: March 28-April 3, 2021
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THE 25TH HOUR has hit 30 episodes! Now celebrate with us and catch up on the 24/7 news cycle.
- NYCs COVID numbers are rising again, this time thanks to the variants public health experts warned about, coupled with indoor events with maskless people.
- New York State is behind on its deadline to pass a state budget, with April 5th becoming the new date to keep an eye on. But marijuana is finally legal in the state now!
- Governor Cuomo was hit with NINTH accuser, and is now also being investigated for getting his staff to do work on his memoir for him as nursing homes weren't getting tests.
- Biden announced his $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan, seeking to initiate an FDR-style transformation of the American economy paid for by raising corporate taxes. The country is still battling a record surge on the Southern border, however.
- Congress temporarily went on lockdown after a driver rammed a blockade and got a Capitol Police officer killed. The driver did not survive, and an investigation is ongoing.
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