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NCPR News Staff: Catherine Loper
news director, WRVO
Stories filed by Catherine Loper
NYS Sen. Patty Ritchie at Fort Drum Day gathering. Source: Ritchie website
Ritchie wants to ease costs, crowding in county jails
Watertown, NY, Sep 07, 2012 — State Senator Patty Ritchie has an idea to help ease overcrowding and costs at county jails.
As WRVO's Catherine Loper reports, the issue pits New York State against local governments. Go to full article
As WRVO's Catherine Loper reports, the issue pits New York State against local governments. Go to full article
The legislature and the governor have got to get together and come up with an overall plan, and quickly.
Funding expert: NY schools on "sliding slope" toward fiscal insolvency
Albany, NY, May 14, 2012 — Voters across New York state will decide Tuesday whether or not to approve their local school district budgets, and the property tax levies needed to pay for them. School budgets are complicated, to say the least, and they're even more complicated this year because the new 2% property tax increase cap is putting additional limits on what school boards can ask for. Many schools have had to make serious cuts in the last couple years--and are now looking at more.
We heard last week on how one rural school district is trying to balance its financial needs with money coming from local taxes and the state. For a wider view, WRVO's Catherine Loper spoke with Rick Timbs, executive director of the Statewide School Finance Consortium. They spoke about the effect this year's budget cycle will have on schools and the future of education funding in New York--and about new questions raised by the tax cap: Go to full article
We heard last week on how one rural school district is trying to balance its financial needs with money coming from local taxes and the state. For a wider view, WRVO's Catherine Loper spoke with Rick Timbs, executive director of the Statewide School Finance Consortium. They spoke about the effect this year's budget cycle will have on schools and the future of education funding in New York--and about new questions raised by the tax cap: Go to full article
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