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<title>Fighting for its life, Tug Hill agency takes to the air</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 22, 2011) Yesterday, we heard about a not-for-profit called LightHawk, which offers environmental groups private flights to help them give an aerial perspective to their “green” issues.Today we focus on one group using that service to fight for its survival – the Tug Hill Commission.  The Commission isn’t exactly an environmental group.  It’s a state agency, and it’s facing elimination in Governor Andrew Cuomo’s effort to streamline government.But the communities of the Tug Hill Plateau see the Commission as indispensable to balancing the economy and the environment in a “working forest”.  And more than that, they see the Commission as a potential model for other state agencies.David Sommerstein was invited for a flight recently and has this story. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18042/20110722/fighting-for-its-life-tug-hill-agency-takes-to-the-air">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Final push on to save Tug Hill Commission</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 18, 2011) Leaders across Lewis, Jefferson, and Oneida counties are making a full court press to save the Tug Hill Commission.  The 38 year-old agency provides planning, development, and natural resource management assistance to the isolated towns and villages of the Tug Hill Plateau.The State Senate has included $1.1 million for the Commission in its spending plan.  That’s a 10% budget cut, on par with what other agencies are dealing with.  But the Assembly is so far following Governor Cuomo’s recommendation to dissolve the Commission.  That’s left Tug Hill leaders fighting for the agency&apos;s survival.  David Sommerstein reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17331/20110318/final-push-on-to-save-tug-hill-commission">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Efforts to save Tug Hill Commission</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 8, 2011) Local leaders are scrambling to save a state agency that supports the isolated communities of the Tug Hill Plateau. Governor Cuomo wants to dissolve the Tug Hill Commission in next year’s budget. 15 people would lose their jobs.The Commission serves more than 60 towns and villages in rural Lewis, Jefferson, Oswego, and Oneida counties, helping with economic development, planning, and natural resource protection. David Sommerstein reports on efforts to save the agency. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17114/20110208/efforts-to-save-tug-hill-commission">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Austere budget proposes deep cuts to schools, Medicaid</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 2, 2011) Governor Andrew Cuomo delivered the painful news he has been promising yesterday.  He released an austere state budget that leaves no aspect of state government untouched.  There are deep cuts to schools, health care, the prison and university systems, and the potential for almost 10,000 state worker layoffs.  Karen DeWitt reports from Albany and David Sommerstein has reaction from North Country lawmakers. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17087/20110202/austere-budget-proposes-deep-cuts-to-schools-medicaid">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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