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Flawed Math Regents Test Thrown Out
Jun 25, 2003 — Local high school seniors are breathing a sigh of relief after news the math Regents was declared flawed. Go to full article
Assembly Takes No Action on Casino Compact
Jun 23, 2003 — The state Assembly failed to act on a bill that would have ratified the St. Regis Mohawks? 1993 compact for its Akwesasne Mohawk Casino in Franklin County. A Court of Appeals decision recently invalidated the agreement. Go to full article
Mohawks Urge Lawmakers to Validate Casino Compact
Jun 19, 2003 — Two St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Chiefs and two chiefs-elect were in Albany Tuesday to urge the state legislature to validate a 1993 compact for its Akwesasne Mohawk Casino near Massena. A state Court of Appeals ruling nullified the compact last week. Go to full article
Hazing Law Passes Senate
Jun 17, 2003 — The state Senate passed a bill on Monday that makes some forms of hazing a felony. The legislation was crafted by North Country Senator Betty Little this spring after the death of an 18-year-old student at SUNY-Plattsburgh. Go to full article
People: Storyteller Fran Yardley
Jun 13, 2003 — Todd Moe talks with Adirondack storyteller Fran Yardley. It's a conversation and story about Fran's father from her latest collection of stories, Beyond My Father's Shadow. Go to full article
Assemblyman Darrel Aubertine
Aubertine Touts Bills to Protect Real Milk
Jun 11, 2003 — North Country Assemblyman Darrel Aubertine says two bills passed out of committee that he says would protect dairy farmers from powdered milk substitutes called milk protein concentrates, or MPCs. Go to full article
New Panel Will Examine Emergency Response Teams
Jun 09, 2003 — Assemblyman Darrel Aubertine wants to make sure New York's emergency response teams are working as efficiently and effectively as possible. Aubertine says hes concerned by the number of state agencies that seem to overlap in their duties. Go to full article
Fort Drum Soldiers Return From Iraq
Jun 05, 2003 — Some Fort Drum soldiers returned from the Middle East recently, after being stationed on the northern border of Iraq. Kenneth Presley is a Brigade Targeting Officer with the Tenth Mountain Division. Go to full article
Clinton Pushes Extension of Tax Credit to Poor Families
Jun 04, 2003 — Senator Hillary Clinton is pushing a Senate measure to give a $400-a-child tax credit to millions of low-income families not included in the recent $350 billion tax cut package. Clinton has signed onto a bill sponsored by Democrats and a few Republicans to extend the tax credit, to be paid for by ending some corporate tax shelters. Go to full article
NYS Sen. Ray Meier
NCPR News Call-in: Education Funding and the State Budget Battle
May 30, 2003 — Tuesday, June 3, voters decide on school budgets, and the messy state budget process once again leaves state aid levels in doubt. In a special call-in program on state budget and school funding issues, NYS Senator Ray Meier and Hermon-DeKalb school superintendent Ann Adams will join Martha Foley, Karen DeWitt and David Sommerstein to examine the issues and the stakes and to take listener calls. Go to full article
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