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<title>Owens attacks Medicare privatization</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 15, 2011) North Country Congressman Bill Owens lashed out at Republicans’ plan to reduce the federal deficit while backing President Obama’s.  Speaking in a telephone town hall meeting Thursday, the Democrat from Plattsburgh attacked House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan’s deficit reduction plan.  Martha Foley reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17484/20110415/owens-attacks-medicare-privatization">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Cuomo promises openess, public trust</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 3, 2011) Andrew Cuomo is now New York&apos;s 56th Governor. In a simple ceremony before around 200 family, friends, and top aides at the State Capitol, he vowed to restore trust in government. Karen DeWitt was there. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16920/20110103/cuomo-promises-openess-public-trust">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Hard work ahead for Cuomo</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 4, 2010) Now that Andrew Cuomo has secured the governor’s post, the hard work begins. As Karen DeWitt reports, the state faces a number of challenges, including a multi billion dollar budget deficit. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16617/20101104/hard-work-ahead-for-cuomo">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Essex County faces tough budget choices</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 22, 2010) Essex County now faces a budget deficit next year that could top 9 million dollars.  That’s ten percent of the county’s budget that still needs to be paid for.The soaring costs are being blamed on scheduled pay increases for county workers, rising utility coasts, and the cost of operating the Horace Nye nursing home in Elizabethtown.The latest blow came this week, when the Board of Supervisors announced that health insurance costs could rise by as much as 46%.Brian Mann spoke about the budget crunch with Randy Douglas.  He’s town supervisor in Jay and serves as county chair. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16356/20100922/essex-county-faces-tough-budget-choices">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>NY-20:  Republican challenger wants smaller Homeland Security department</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 8, 2010) Retired Army Colonel Chris Gibson is running as a Republican in New Yorks’ 20th district House race.  He hopes to unseat Democrat Scott Murphy from Glens Falls.Gibson grew up in Columbia County and served at Fort Drum during a military career that spanned more than two decades.During a trip to Lake Placid yesterday, he sat down with Brian Mann to talk about the economy, the size of government, and border security. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16279/20100908/ny-20-republican-challenger-wants-smaller-homeland-security-department">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Comptroller says the late budget is on shaky ground</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 16, 2010) New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli says the state budget is based on shaky fiscal assumptions, and warns there could be another another mid year deficit if it isn&apos;t fixed. And a new poll from the Siena College Research Institute shows the more than three months late state budget is likely to have some political fallout. Karen DeWitt has more. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15984/20100716/comptroller-says-the-late-budget-is-on-shaky-ground">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>St. Lawrence County $11 million in the red</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 15, 2010) The budget crunch in Albany means a bleak financial future for many of the North Country’s counties.  St. Lawrence County is fighting to close an $11 to 14 million deficit next year.  That’s 5% of the county’s overall budget.  County Administrator Karen St. Hillaire has proposed a package of $4 million in cuts.  It would avoid most layoffs, but it would still force a 5% property tax increase.  If the fiscal picture gets worse, the county may have to cut 30 to 50 jobs.  St. Hillaire says most of the deficit comes from the state and federal governments contributing millions less to mandated programs, like Medicaid and the pension fund.  She told David Sommerstein the struggling economy makes matters worse. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15977/20100715/st-lawrence-county-11-million-in-the-red">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>One on one with Gov. David Paterson</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 14, 2010) Albany correspondent Karen DeWitt sat down with Gov. David Paterson for an exclusive interview yesterday, after the governor had delivered his new revenue bills, and the lawmakers had refused to accept them. The bills lay in stacks in the halls of the capitol as they spoke. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15976/20100714/one-on-one-with-gov-david-paterson">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>In Albany, bracing for a $1 billion no show</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 13, 2010) Senate Democrats released bills to address two major concerns of Governor David Paterson. As Karen DeWitt reports, lawmakers say they might approve them as early as Wednesday. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15962/20100713/in-albany-bracing-for-a-1-billion-no-show">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Albany set to get back to work on budget</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 6, 2010) New York&apos;s Assembly and Senate are due back in Albany to pick up budget negotiations where they left off for their Passover/Easter vacation. But where was that? Who&apos;s got what proposal on the table? And what&apos;s the timeline now that the April first deadline has gone by? Martha Foley takes up these and other questions with Capitol reporter Karen DeWitt. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15472/20100406/albany-set-to-get-back-to-work-on-budget">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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