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New requirement would be in place starting in the 2025-26 school year Click here to view the Sun Community News story 

            “While the Executive Budget Proposal is a daunting number, the Governor included important funding that will benefit the North Country. This is very early in the State Budget process as the Executive was just proposed and we will be working through the legislative process in the next several weeks. A $100 million increase to […]

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Apologies to Rod Driscoll.  I received this press release on January 11 but failed to post it.  Rod Driscoll for Congress in NY 21 “A strong voice for workers, families, veterans and retirees!” Our current congresswoman is leaving to be United Nations ambassador, resulting in a vacancy that will need to be filled by a […]

  Senator Dan Stec (R,C-Queensbury) today issued the following statement concerning Governor Hochul’s Executive Budget proposal:             “Just one week ago, at her State of the State address, Governor Hochul admitted that New York must do more to become more affordable. What is needed is action to restore fiscal sanity to our state and provide […]

            “I was honored to be on hand in Washington D.C. for the inauguration and address of President Donald J. Trump. It was truly a thrill to be part of history and to hear the President strike the message that our nation needed to hear.             “President Trump presented a vision of America that would […]

“I am very, very scared,” Steven Tendo said. Click here for the VTDigger story 

Hundreds of police officers on call to secure its border with Vermont, New Hampshire and New York Click here for a VTDigger story 

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Senator Dan Stec (R, C-Queensbury) today announced his 2025 Senate Committee assignments. Most notably, Stec was appointed as the Ranking Minority Member of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee and the Senate’s Internet and Technology Committee. These notable positions will further his work with two important issues facing our region: responsible stewardship of the Adirondacks and […]

The New York State Assembly announced today that Assemblyman D. Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay Lake) will be the new Chair of the Standing Committee on Local Governments. The Committee was formerly led by Assemblyman Fred Thiele (D-Sag Harbor) from 2019 until he retired last year after 30 years in the Assembly.             “I am honored to […]

Speaker      Carl E. Heastie Majority Leader      Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes Chair, Ways and Means      J. Gary Pretlow Deputy Speaker      Phil Ramos Assistant Speaker      Vivian E. Cook Speaker Pro Tempore      Pamela J. Hunter Chair, Committee on Committees      Catalina Cruz Assistant Speaker Pro Tempore […]

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Minimum wage increase, paid prenatal leave, insulin co-pay ban  Click here for the Sun Community News story 

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1.2M potholes were filled, 3,189 bridges replaced Click here for the Sun Community News story 

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More than 800,000 children enrolled in Medicaid and Child Health Plus will benefit Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay Lake) will once again host a toy drive to benefit the Christmas Bureau. For the past seven years, Jones has collected toys from the North Country community to ensure that every kid is able to open a present this holiday season.             “The North Country is always willing to give to […]

(ESD News Release) Empire State Development (ESD) today announced the opening of the new Small Business Environmental Support Office (SBESO), designed to help small businesses understand and comply with federal and state environmental regulations involving air, water, solid and hazardous waste, petroleum and chemical bulk storage, and other important environmental standards. Governor Kathy Hochul first […]

Dan Stec News Release Senator Dan Stec (R, C-Queensbury) expressed outrage and concern over the safety of law-abiding residents as New York State prepares for Governor Hochul’s “Clean Slate” law to take effect tomorrow. Under the governor and Democrat leadership’s controversial law, the records of individuals convicted of a host of felonies, including manslaughter, DWI-related […]

WASHINGTON, DC – House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik released the following statement: “I am truly honored to earn President Trump’s nomination to serve in his Cabinet as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. During my conversation with President Trump, I shared how deeply humbled I am to accept his nomination and that I look […]

Dan Stec, Paula Collins, Billy Stec in the speculation mill  Click here for the Sun Community News story