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local npr for the cape, coast & islands site menu donate. federal employees on the cape tighten belts as gov’t shutdown continues. as the government shutdown enters its third week, many federal employees living on cape cod are starting to feel the squeeze. some the point with mindy todd will devote a segment of the program tuesday morning to hear how the government shutdown is impacting listeners. let us know by calling our listener line 857-267-8430, emailing [email protected] or recording yourself on your smartphone and email the voice memo to [email protected]. . news roundup: barnstable county inmates referred to ice; towns ponder shark study. wcai news director steve junker hosts a roundup of some of the top local and regional news of the week, including: the barnstable county sheriff’s department referred 79 inmates to federal immigration authorities last year; cape towns may fund a collaborative study of shark solutions; and the state’s new short-term rental law has many people asking questions.. cape rep. proposes limiting oil and gas drilling off mas*achusetts coast. lawmakers from mas*achusetts and seven other states announced they would be filing legislation this month to ban offshore drilling for gas and oil off their coastlines. the bills are in response to president donald trump's announcement he would allow offshore drilling beacon hill's work year began this week when democratic leaders from the house and the senate met with governor charlie baker to discuss the agenda for the coming months. wcai's kathryn eident talked with state house reporter mike deehan to learn more.  syringe service programs, also called needle exchanges, have been around since the 1980’s and are proven to slow the transmission of hiv and hepatitis amongst intravenous drug users. the present day opioid addiction epidemic has caused a rise in the rates of hiv and hepatitis, prompting the call for more needle exchanges. we discuss the effectiveness of these programs and address concerns some have