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<title>Lopez should quit or be expelled, says Cuomo</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 16, 2013) Governor Cuomo is calling on Assemblyman Vito Lopez, the subject of a scathing ethics commission report on sexual harassment, to resign from office or be expelled. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21998/20130516/lopez-should-quit-or-be-expelled-says-cuomo">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Cuomo details local gov&apos;t bailout plan</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 15, 2013) New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is turning his attention to a previously announced plan to help communities in financial distress.The governor is offering more details of his plan to set up a restructuring panel to help local governments on the brink of insolvency. He&apos;s also putting some money behind the plan...according to the Associated Press, $80 million.Cuomo says his proposed financial restructuring panel will help local governments in distress merge and consolidate services, possibly lay off more workers and to permanently restructure operations. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21986/20130515/cuomo-details-local-gov-apos-t-bailout-plan">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Lawmakers carry on despite scandals</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 14, 2013) Lawmakers in Albany tried to carry on as usual in the wake of one of the worst scandals in recent decades. Recent corruption arrests have overshadowed most other news coming out of the Capitol.  And much of this week&apos;s legislative session has been cancelled.But politicians who were in town insisted that their agendas are not being derailed. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21976/20130514/lawmakers-carry-on-despite-scandals">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Will the ethics report on the Lopez scandal be released this month? </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 13, 2013) The state ethics commission report on the Assemblyman Vito Lopez sexual harassment scandal might finally be made public later this month. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21969/20130513/will-the-ethics-report-on-the-lopez-scandal-be-released-this-month">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Cuomo details upstate NY casino plans</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 10, 2013) Gov. Andrew Cuomo, joined by union and business leaders, and representatives from county governments, offered more details of a plan to build three new gambling casinos. The governor says he wants to limit the locations to upstate regions for now, to prop up the failing economy.  He says upstate needs jobs like it needs &quot;oxygen&quot;. And he says having a downstate location would devalue the upstate centers. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21963/20130510/cuomo-details-upstate-ny-casino-plans">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Vermont grants driver&apos;s licenses to migrant workers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 9, 2013) Dairy farms in Vermont and northern New York have faced a major labor shortage, which means that migrant laborers from Mexico and Guatemala are now milking many of the region&apos;s cows.Farm country here is not an easy place to be a migrant worker: It&apos;s rural, hard to get around, and there&apos;s not a big Latino population. But a new law means that migrant workers in Vermont will soon be able to drive legally. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21952/20130509/vermont-grants-driver-apos-s-licenses-to-migrant-workers">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Dispute over access overshadows NYS campaign finance hearing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 8, 2013) A hearing by Senate Republicans on New York City&apos;s public campaign financing system was overshadowed by protests, as government reform groups and other members of the public were denied entry, and noisy protests ensued. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21945/20130508/dispute-over-access-overshadows-nys-campaign-finance-hearing">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>VT legislature tackling major issues before session&apos;s end</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 7, 2013) The Vermont legislative session is winding down for the year, but lawmakers still plan to tackle some hot button issues over the next week. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21934/20130507/vt-legislature-tackling-major-issues-before-session-apos-s-end">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>NYS GOP stands against expansion of public campaign financing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 6, 2013) Republicans in the State Senate plan to hold hearings Tuesday, May 7, on what they say are abuses in New York City&apos;s public campaign finance system. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21923/20130506/nys-gop-stands-against-expansion-of-public-campaign-financing">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Skelos: NYS shouldn&apos;t have approved gun laws so fast</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 6, 2013) The leader of the Senate Republicans says he regrets the way gun control legislation was rapidly approved earlier this year, and he hopes that the end of the session won&apos;t repeat what he now says was a mistake. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21922/20130506/skelos-nys-shouldn-apos-t-have-approved-gun-laws-so-fast">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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