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Hundreds attend Plattsburgh town hall with Democrats AOC, Tonko

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Migrant workers in Vermont navigate fear, uncertainty amid deportation crackdown

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Four Months After Guard Strike, Prison Staffing Crisis Persists

The prison agency’s security ranks are 4,700 corrections officers and sergeants short of what it says it needs to run every program and housing area effectively. Click here for the New York Focus story 

Federal Funding Rescinded — Mountain Lake PBS Faces Immediate Cuts

Mountain Lake PBS Report – July 17, Congress voted to rescind previously approved funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a move that eliminates nearly $1 billion in support for local public media stations across the country.   For Mountain Lake PBS, that means an immediate cut of approximately $950,000. More than a third of […]

‘Consequences Will Be Lethal’: New York ATF Enforcement To Be Slashed Under Trump

541 of the ATF’s more than 800 industry investigators may lose their jobs Click here for the New York Focus story 

NY halts offshore wind projects after President Trump pauses permits

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Stefanik Votes to Pass Rescissions Package, Fulfilling Promise to Defund NPR

July 18, 2025 Elise Stefanik News Release  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Republican Chairwoman Elise Stefanik released the following statement: “Today I voted to save the American taxpayer $9 billion of unobligated bloated spending via a rescissions package including defunding NPR, a promise I vowed to deliver to #NY21. Promises made, promises kept. NPR and NCPR-affiliated […]

Since the historic floods of 2023, few Vermont residents have buyout money in hand

Only eight property owners have gotten their payouts so far. For some, new obstacles from the federal government have added uncertainty. Click here for the VTDigger story 

Trump Administration withholding $7 billion in federal education funds as school year approaches

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Stec writes to U.S. Army, urges it to rescind ROTC cancellation at Clarkson

            Senator Dan Stec (R,C-Queensbury) has written to Derrick Anderson, Acting Secretary of the U.S. Army, requesting that the Army reconsider its move to end Clarkson University’s ROTC program. In his letter, which is included with this release, Stec highlights the importance of the ROTC-Clarkson connection and the crucial role it plays in our national […]

Good Trouble Lives On Returns to Plattsburgh as a Follow-Up to Hands Off! and No Kings

Peaceful protest at Trinity Park to feature speakers, street theater, and civic engagement tablesPlattsburgh, NY –  On Thursday, July 17 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM, local organizers will host Good Trouble Lives On, a peaceful protest and community action at Trinity Park in downtown Plattsburgh. The event builds on the momentum of previous demonstrations, […]

Americans and Canadians come together to preserve cross-border ties

Conversation takes place in Hemmingford, PQ.  Click here for the NCPR story 

Migrant workers in Vermont navigate fear, uncertainty amid deportation crackdown

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State release tariff guide to help NY business owners

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‘We’ve lost everything’: Northeast Kingdom residents react and rebuild after a 3rd year of July flooding

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What Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act means for taxes on Social Security

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Stefanik and Lawler are in a governor’s race staredown. Who will blink first?

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Gillibrand says rescission likely to pass, cutting public media funding

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Hochul unveils impacts of Trump’s “Big Beautiful” legislation

All New York’s GOP Congressional Representatives Voted for These Cuts July 11, 2035 – Gov. Hochul News Release – Governor Kathy Hochul today released new data showing the devastating impacts of the Republicans’ “Big Ugly Bill” on New York State. The data show the enormous scale of the recently-enacted law, including draconian cuts to Medicaid, […]

Canada relies on US trade. Here’s how the country is reacting to high tariffs

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Gov. Hochul: Release emergency management funding for state and local governments

Funding has been available every year since 2002  Copy of Letter Available Here Governor Kathy Hochul issued a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem urging the Department to make funding available to state and local governments through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) as has been […]

Here’s what $1 trillion in US Medicaid cuts will mean in the North Country

“The cuts to Medicaid will have an outsized impact on the North Country, where 28% of the population relies on the federal program for health insurance. Local healthcare groups and officials have warned that Medicaid cuts will have devastating impacts here in the region.” Click here for the NCPR story 

Assemblyman Billy Jones: Statement on Big Beautiful Bill

”I am deeply concerned with how the Big Beautiful Bill will impact the North Country. Without a doubt, our medical system will suffer under the cuts in this bill. Our rural hospitals, nursing homes, community health centers, disability support services, and all other local healthcare providers will bear the brunt of the cuts. Even those […]

Stefanik Votes for President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill

Elise Stefanik News Release of July 3, 3025 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Republican Chairwoman Elise Stefanik released the following statement: “Promises made, promises kept. I was proud to stay in Congress to vote to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill to deliver on President Trump’s historic mandate to enact the largest tax cut in […]

STATEMENT FROM GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL ON THE PASSAGE OF TRUMP’S BILL IN THE SENATE

“Today, Senate Republicans moved one step closer to ripping health care away from millions of Americans to pay for massive tax breaks for billionaires. “From North Country farmers to downstate hospitals, Trump’s ‘Big Ugly Bill’ would devastate New Yorkers. Over one million people in our state would lose their health care. A quarter million would […]