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<itunes:summary>NCPR provides locally-produced news stories from around the Adirondack and North Country regions of New York State, as well as Western Vermont, and Ontario and Quebec in Canada.</itunes:summary>
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<title>Is it time for reform at the state Board of Elections?</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21831/20130422/is-it-time-for-reform-at-the-state-board-of-elections</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 22, 2013) Anti-corruption proposals are proliferating in Albany, following two high profile bribery scandals. Some of them focus on the long neglected state Board of Elections, which hasn&apos;t even had an investigator on staff in over a year. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21831/20130422/is-it-time-for-reform-at-the-state-board-of-elections">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Karen DeWitt</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Anti-corruption proposals are proliferating in Albany, following two high profile bribery scandals. Some of them focus on the long neglected state Board of Elections, which hasn&apos;t even had an investigator on staff in over a year. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21831/20130422/is-it-time-for-reform-at-the-state-board-of-elections">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>04:09</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>politics, albany, corruption, election, campaign finance reform, photolead, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Cuomo, Assembly Dems roll out reform ideas</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21810/20130417/cuomo-assembly-dems-roll-out-reform-ideas</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 17, 2013) At the New York State Capitol, lawmakers are scrambling to put forward plans responding to the recent twin corruption scandals involving bribery charges against a state Senator and Assemblyman.   Tuesday it was the Assembly Democrats&apos; turn to weigh in, while Gov. Andrew Cuomo rolled out two more components of his own reform plan. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21810/20130417/cuomo-assembly-dems-roll-out-reform-ideas">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Karen DeWitt</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[At the New York State Capitol, lawmakers are scrambling to put forward plans responding to the recent twin corruption scandals involving bribery charges against a state Senator and Assemblyman.   Tuesday it was the Assembly Democrats&apos; turn to weigh in, while Gov. Andrew Cuomo rolled out two more components of his own reform plan. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21810/20130417/cuomo-assembly-dems-roll-out-reform-ideas">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>04:18</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>politics, cuomo, albany, legislature, crime, corruption, scandal, campaign finance reform, ethics, politics, photolead, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Reform Group: Big campaign donations mean big tax loopholes </title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21491/20130222/reform-group-big-campaign-donations-mean-big-tax-loopholes</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 22, 2013) A group pressing for public campaign financing has compiled a list of large corporations who gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to some New York lawmakers. They charge that the donations are preventing the legislature from closing what they say are corporate tax loopholes. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21491/20130222/reform-group-big-campaign-donations-mean-big-tax-loopholes">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Karen DeWitt</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A group pressing for public campaign financing has compiled a list of large corporations who gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to some New York lawmakers. They charge that the donations are preventing the legislature from closing what they say are corporate tax loopholes. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21491/20130222/reform-group-big-campaign-donations-mean-big-tax-loopholes">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>03:10</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>politics, photolead, economy, cuomo, campaign finance reform, taxes, [loc:42.6525793 -73.7562317], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Newest NY Senator says she&apos;ll fight for campaign finance reform</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21371/20130204/newest-ny-senator-says-she-apos-ll-fight-for-campaign-finance-reform</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 4, 2013) New York&apos;s newest Senator, Cecilia Tkaczyk, has been on the job for just over a week now, after a two and half month long court battle over absentee ballots resulted in a narrrow 18-vote win for her.Tkaczyk, a sheep farmer, school board member and former legislative housing analyst, is a Democrat who won the newly drawn Senate seat in the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys that was designed for a Republican. Karen DeWitt spoke to Senator Tkaczyk during one of her first days on the job. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21371/20130204/newest-ny-senator-says-she-apos-ll-fight-for-campaign-finance-reform">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Karen DeWitt</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[New York&apos;s newest Senator, Cecilia Tkaczyk, has been on the job for just over a week now, after a two and half month long court battle over absentee ballots resulted in a narrrow 18-vote win for her.Tkaczyk, a sheep farmer, school board member and former legislative housing analyst, is a Democrat who won the newly drawn Senate seat in the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys that was designed for a Republican. Karen DeWitt spoke to Senator Tkaczyk during one of her first days on the job. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21371/20130204/newest-ny-senator-says-she-apos-ll-fight-for-campaign-finance-reform">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>03:32</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>politics, photolead, new york senate, legislature, campaign finance reform, [loc:42.6525793 -73.7562317], election12, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>At the state capitol, things get testy over campaign finance reform</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19765/20120502/at-the-state-capitol-things-get-testy-over-campaign-finance-reform</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (May 2, 2012) Democrats and Republicans in the State Senate are engaged in some good old-fashioned partisan squabbling over reform of the state’s campaign finance system. In Albany, Karen DeWitt has more: [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19765/20120502/at-the-state-capitol-things-get-testy-over-campaign-finance-reform">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Karen DeWitt</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Democrats and Republicans in the State Senate are engaged in some good old-fashioned partisan squabbling over reform of the state’s campaign finance system. In Albany, Karen DeWitt has more: [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19765/20120502/at-the-state-capitol-things-get-testy-over-campaign-finance-reform">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>03:21</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, economy, cuomo, albany, election12, campaign finance reform, [loc:42.6525793 -73.7562317], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Bipartisan group says campaign finance reform good for democracy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 17, 2012) A new bipartisan group is endorsing Governor Andrew Cuomo’s call for a change in the way New York State politicians finance their campaigns. The group—NY Lead—includes some big names in business, like David Rockefeller and George Soros’s son Jonathan Soros…and former elected officials from the democratic and republican parties. NY Lead is pushing for a public financing system, which it says will encourage candidates to fund their campaigns by getting lots of small donations. It’s also calling for lower limits on individual and business contributions. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19329/20120217/bipartisan-group-says-campaign-finance-reform-good-for-democracy">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: NCPR News</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A new bipartisan group is endorsing Governor Andrew Cuomo’s call for a change in the way New York State politicians finance their campaigns. The group—NY Lead—includes some big names in business, like David Rockefeller and George Soros’s son Jonathan Soros…and former elected officials from the democratic and republican parties. NY Lead is pushing for a public financing system, which it says will encourage candidates to fund their campaigns by getting lots of small donations. It’s also calling for lower limits on individual and business contributions. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19329/20120217/bipartisan-group-says-campaign-finance-reform-good-for-democracy">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>04:41</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>politics, economy, cuomo, albany, campaign finance reform, photolead, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Vermonters protest Citizens United, call for constitutional amendment</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19171/20120123/vermonters-protest-citizens-united-call-for-constitutional-amendment</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 23, 2012) Saturday marked the two-year anniversary of the supreme court Citizens United decision. The court voted 5-4, saying that corporations have the same protected speech rights as people, including the right to make unlimited financial contributions to groups who want to influence elections. That&apos;s upsetting to a lot of Vermonters. And as Sarah Harris reports, they&apos;re working to change it. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19171/20120123/vermonters-protest-citizens-united-call-for-constitutional-amendment">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Sarah Harris</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Saturday marked the two-year anniversary of the supreme court Citizens United decision. The court voted 5-4, saying that corporations have the same protected speech rights as people, including the right to make unlimited financial contributions to groups who want to influence elections. That&apos;s upsetting to a lot of Vermonters. And as Sarah Harris reports, they&apos;re working to change it. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19171/20120123/vermonters-protest-citizens-united-call-for-constitutional-amendment">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>01:50</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>politics, vermont, bernie sanders, constitutional amendment, first amendment, citizens united, free speech, campaign finance reform, justice, supreme court, [loc:44.2600593 -72.5753869], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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