Politics and Government
From NCPR Blogs:
PoliticsVoter Resources
Project Sunlight: Track lobbying activities, member item spending and other legislation in New York. An initiative of the NYS Office of the Attorney General.
League of Women Voters DemocracyNet: Great one-stop election resource.
NYS Board of Elections Campaign Finance Database: Enter the last name of any candidate in New York to find out where the money comes from and where it's going.
Open Secrets:
Campaign finance information broken down by industry, region,
etc., for mostly federal politicans. An excellent starting
point for following
money in politics.
Special Reports
Adirondack teens talk democracy
Face of Democracy is a national program that gives students an inside view of the democratic process by sending out to polling places to interview and photograph voters and officials. Sue Halpern, project organizer, talks with Brian Mann
Editorial cartoonist Mark Wilson Covers the NYS Party Conventions
Mark Wilson, aka Marquil, is a political cartoonist covering the 2006 New York State party conventions for NCPR. His sketches and caricatures bring the arcana of state politics to life.
Cuomo details upstate NY casino plans
The governor says he wants to limit the locations to upstate regions for now, to prop up the failing economy. He says upstate needs jobs like it needs "oxygen". And he says having a downstate location would devalue the upstate centers. Go to full article
Earlier bar closing raises issues of safety, religion
The resolution moved through two committees in April without much discussion. But at Monday's meeting, Schroon town Supervisor Mike Marnell made a last-ditch effort to reinstall holiday closures for bars on Christmas Eve and Good Friday, which generated a brief debate about whether it's OK for lawmakers to set hours of sale on religious holidays. Go to full article
Nine more NY Senators named for possible corruption
Vermont grants driver's licenses to migrant workers
North Country Community College reaches deal with faculty union
NCCC President Steve Tyrell presented on the new... Go to full article
Essex County OKs earlier bar closing time
The... Go to full article
Leahy, Owens oppose US-Canada border fee
The Department of Homeland Security last month proposed a study to assess the... Go to full article
Dispute over access overshadows NYS campaign finance hearing
Plan to close Lake Placid ER faces harsh criticism
Gillibrand wants food stamps, milk price reform in Farm Bill
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