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<title>St. Lawrence County &quot;walking a financial tightrope,&quot; says NYS audit</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21912/20130503/st-lawrence-county-quot-walking-a-financial-tightrope-quot-says-nys-audit</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (May 3, 2013) An audit by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says St. Lawrence County is &quot;walking a financial tightrope&quot;. The audit found the county&apos;s fund balance decreased 68 percent from 2007 to 2011. Legislators used surplus funds to close budget gaps and keep property tax increases last year to an already-high 14 percent. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21912/20130503/st-lawrence-county-quot-walking-a-financial-tightrope-quot-says-nys-audit">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: David Sommerstein</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[An audit by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says St. Lawrence County is &quot;walking a financial tightrope&quot;. The audit found the county&apos;s fund balance decreased 68 percent from 2007 to 2011. Legislators used surplus funds to close budget gaps and keep property tax increases last year to an already-high 14 percent. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21912/20130503/st-lawrence-county-quot-walking-a-financial-tightrope-quot-says-nys-audit">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:keywords>photolead, politics, economy, stlv, st. lawrence county, budget, finance, [loc: ], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>NY comptroller sees mixed year on Wall Street</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20639/20121010/ny-comptroller-sees-mixed-year-on-wall-street</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 10, 2012) Profits on Wall Street are going to be up this year, according to a new report from New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. But he says they&apos;re still below their pre-recession highs. The report also finds fewer job losses in the securities industry, but still many economic uncertainties ahead. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20639/20121010/ny-comptroller-sees-mixed-year-on-wall-street">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Karen DeWitt</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Profits on Wall Street are going to be up this year, according to a new report from New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. But he says they&apos;re still below their pre-recession highs. The report also finds fewer job losses in the securities industry, but still many economic uncertainties ahead. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20639/20121010/ny-comptroller-sees-mixed-year-on-wall-street">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>03:03</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>economy, politics, finance, jobs, employment, recession, [loc:42.6525793 -73.7562317], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>As local goverments struggle, NY State finances show signs of good health</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20413/20120903/as-local-goverments-struggle-ny-state-finances-show-signs-of-good-health</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 3, 2012) Local governments in New York continue to flounder, but there are signs that the state&apos;s finances are improving as Governor Cuomo and his budget director Robert Megna announced last week that the state finally got an upgrade in an assessment from a major rating agency. Standard &amp; Poor&apos;s changed the state&apos;s outlook from &quot;stable&quot; to &quot;positive&quot;.  Megna says he hopes that lays the groundwork for an improvement in the state&apos;s credit rating, which has been ranked as weak for decades: &quot;This outlook revision is professional evidence from an outside observer that New York is once again on the right track.&quot; [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20413/20120903/as-local-goverments-struggle-ny-state-finances-show-signs-of-good-health">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Karen DeWitt</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Local governments in New York continue to flounder, but there are signs that the state&apos;s finances are improving as Governor Cuomo and his budget director Robert Megna announced last week that the state finally got an upgrade in an assessment from a major rating agency. Standard &amp; Poor&apos;s changed the state&apos;s outlook from &quot;stable&quot; to &quot;positive&quot;.  Megna says he hopes that lays the groundwork for an improvement in the state&apos;s credit rating, which has been ranked as weak for decades: &quot;This outlook revision is professional evidence from an outside observer that New York is once again on the right track.&quot; [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20413/20120903/as-local-goverments-struggle-ny-state-finances-show-signs-of-good-health">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>03:55</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, politics, economy, cuomo, albany, finance, wall street, new york state, [loc:42.6525793 -73.7562317], local government, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>In Alburgh, Vermont, citizens recruit a bank</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19505/20120320/in-alburgh-vermont-citizens-recruit-a-bank</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 20, 2012) When you drive across the bridge from Rouse’s Point, New York, into Vermont, the first town you hit is Alburgh.  It’s a small community, about 2,000 people. And its geography is unusual: it’s on a peninsula that borders Quebec, is surrounded by Lake Champlain, and doesn’t touch any land in the United States. Alburgh may be small and isolated, but the People’s United branch has been on Alburgh’s Main Street for as long as most people can remember. And when the local bank announced it would close,  townspeople decided that was just too isolated. Sarah Harris has our story. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19505/20120320/in-alburgh-vermont-citizens-recruit-a-bank">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Sarah Harris</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[When you drive across the bridge from Rouse’s Point, New York, into Vermont, the first town you hit is Alburgh.  It’s a small community, about 2,000 people. And its geography is unusual: it’s on a peninsula that borders Quebec, is surrounded by Lake Champlain, and doesn’t touch any land in the United States. Alburgh may be small and isolated, but the People’s United branch has been on Alburgh’s Main Street for as long as most people can remember. And when the local bank announced it would close,  townspeople decided that was just too isolated. Sarah Harris has our story. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19505/20120320/in-alburgh-vermont-citizens-recruit-a-bank">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>03:51</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>vermont, chpv, champlain islands, bank, economy, finance, banking, credit, credit union, people's united, north country federal credit union, loans, [loc:44.9750541 -73.3002239], photolead, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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