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Voters in the North Country sent a clear message to school districts that tried to exceed the state property tax cap. The answer was a resounding No.
The vast majority of the region’s budgets came in under the cap and passed handily.
But...
Ailsa Chang’s NPR profile of New York Senator — and former North Country congresswoman — Kirsten Gillibrand is getting panned on-line and apparently edited by NPR’s on-line crew.
Chang’s report cast Sen....
It was a newsy week in the world of agriculture, so here are seven good reads to keep you busy this weekend: The Farm Bill passed both the House and Senate Agriculture committees this week, and are likely to get hearings on the floors of their...
I’ve been as captivated as anyone by the sudden burgeoning of scandal in Washington.
Until this month, the Obama administration seemed to skate almost effortlessly above the morass that eventually sucks up most White Houses, from Richard...
The Senate Agriculture committee passed a nearly $100 billion a year Farm Bill this afternoon, 15-5. One of the Senators who voted against it was New York Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand, who’s leading a fight to restore all of the $400 million...
Politics
May 24, 2013 — If President Obama's newly recalibrated counterterrorism strategy demonstrates anything, it is his penchant for nuance.
May 24, 2013 — President Obama is once again calling for the prison at Guantanamo Bay to be shut down, even though new polls suggest most Americans want it to stay open. But the chorus of critics has gained one surprising member: former Guantanamo Chief Prosecutor Morris Davis. Host Michel Martin talks with Davis about why he now feels the facility should be closed.
May 24, 2013 — Seriously, with E.W. Jackson in Virginia and Anthony Weiner in New York, what more do NPR's Ron Elving and Ken Rudin need for their podcast? OK, maybe throw in the ongoing IRS controversy, Lois Lerner pleading the Fifth, an immigration deal coming out of Senate Judiciary and a new mayor in LA.
May 24, 2013 — In Massachusetts, what's been a relatively lackluster campaign to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State John Kerry is heating up. Veteran Democratic Rep. Ed Markey is running against Republican Gabriel Gomez, a businessman and former Navy SEAL. Gomez is a political newcomer.
May 23, 2013 — The partisan war over judicial nominees has accelerated in recent years. It took nearly a year to win Senate confirmation for Sri Srinivasan to the important federal appeals court for the District of Columbia, though he had no formal opposition.
Voter 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
Audio Slideshow: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
Cartoon Special: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.
Survey: Uninsured New Yorkers Hurt by High Prices for Prescriptions
Oct 15, 2003 — A study by consumer groups finds that New Yorkers who don't have health insurance pay more money for prescription drugs that state residents enrolled in Medicaid or private managed care -- and they're making bad health care decisions as a result. From Albany, Karen DeWitt reports. Go to full article
Controversy Over Smoking Ban Continues
Oct 13, 2003 — The controversy over the recently enacted smoking ban continues at the Capitol. Bar owners tried this week to get the State Assembly to listen to their complaints about lost business, but the lower house did not revisit the law in their brief session. Karen DeWitt reports. Go to full article
Sparks Fly at Assembly Hearing Over Secret Meeting
Oct 10, 2003 — An Assembly hearing on energy issues generated sparks when the head of a group representing New York's utilities sparred with the Assembly Energy Chair over a secret meeting held between utility company executives and Governor Pataki's top staff. Karen DeWitt reports. Go to full article
Assembly Bill Would Relieve Local Medicaid Costs
Oct 09, 2003 — Assemblyman Darrel Aubertine is hailing a decision by the state Assembly to relieve counties across New York of millions of dollars in previously owned Medicaid debt.... Go to full article
55 Will Remain Passing Grade on Regents Test
Oct 09, 2003 — The state's Education Commissioner is recommending that the passing score for the Regents exams remains at 55 for at least two more years. Commissioner Richard Mills also... Go to full article
Waddington Residents to Decide Waterfront Plans
Oct 09, 2003 — In Waddington, on the St. Lawrence River between Ogdensburg and Massena, residents will vote in the first contested town races since 1991. The political action has been... Go to full article
Comptroller Visits North Country
Oct 08, 2003 — New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi was in the North Country Tuesday and spoke with about 400 government, union and business officials at a seminar on managing local... Go to full article
NY Assembly Returns for One-Day Session
Oct 08, 2003 — The New York State Assembly is returning to the Capitol for a one-day session. So far, there is only one bill on the agenda. It will correct some technicalities in the state... Go to full article
County Budgets Under Pressure
Oct 07, 2003 — Counties have been bracing for this year's budgets for months. Fiscal troubles at the state level, rising Medicaid costs, the economic downturn add up to increasing... Go to full article
Debate over Erie Canal Development Rights Continues
Oct 06, 2003 — Officials from Governor Pataki's administration sparred with an Assembly Democrat during a hearing on how the state Canal Corporation sold development rights along the Erie... Go to full article
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