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Assemblymember Josh Jensen on the 2025-2026 NYS budget

By Evan Dawson,
Megan Mack
Published July 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM EDT
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Assemblymember Josh Jensen with host Evan Dawson on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Wednesday, July 2, 2025
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We continue our series of conversations with local state lawmakers about the 2025-2026 state budget.

This hour, we're joined by Assemblymember Josh Jensen. He shares his perspectives on the budget, from taxes to child care to economic development and more.

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Evan Dawson
Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
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Megan Mack
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.
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