What We Know About Preventing Gun Violence In The US
In the wake of this week's mass shooting in Nashville, what the latest research says about preventing gun violence in our communities.
A few weeks ago, New York City and Virginia state politicians got into a widely publicized spat over the delivery of New York’s trash to Virginia landfills. Virginia Governor James Gilmore has proposed placing a cap on the amount of trash brought in over state lines, but the waste management industry says trash is a commodity and can only be regulated by Congress. Federal legislation to give states more say in the trash trade has failed in Congress many times. A panel talks about the politics of the trash trade.
Guests
- Allen Blakey Spokesman for Environmental Industry Associations
- Diane Shea Associate legislative director for the National Association of Counties
- William Rathje Professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona at Tucson and author of "Rubbish"
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