Pre-trial services stretched thin in recent years
Assemblymember Anna Kelles makes the case for improving the quality of pre-trial services provided around the state.
Paving the way for municipal broadband development
Assemblymember Anna Kelles makes the case for laying the ground work to let municipalities develop internet infrastructure.
Unique state insurance rule present challenge for car sharing
Assemblymember Anna Kelles, an Ithaca-area Democrat, looks to change a state insurance requirement to help car sharing operations.
UN report underscores need for fact action on climate change
Assemblymember Anna Kelles, an Ithaca Democrat, weighs in on an alarming U.N. report about climate change.
Freshman state lawmaker wages uphill environmental campaign
Assemblymember Anna Kelles, an Ithaca Democrat, talks about the unsuccessful campaign she led during her freshman year to restrict cryptocurrency mining operations gobbling up fossil fuels in New York. We explore what this effort taught her about Albany and get other reflections about the Capitol.
Mandating electric vehicle charging stations
Democratic state lawmakers hope government mandates can build out the electric vehicle infrastructure in New York.
Dems propose ban on fracking using CO2
New legislation would proactively ban the latest attempt to extract methane from the Southern Tier.
Heading to Albany: Self-proclaimed ‘dork’ brings science background to Capitol
Sept. 11, 2020 - We continued our Heading to Albany series. In this latest installment, we met Anna Kelles, a Tompkins County legislator who won a crowded Democratic primary to succeed a retiring Assemblymember in Ithaca.