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New York school districts ranked from 1 to 609 based on new test scores in science

Click here for the Syracuse.com story 

Minimum wage for most of NY rises to $15.50 on January 1

Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Inmate who died after ‘use of force’ by corrections workers in Utica area state prison identified

Click here for the Syracuse.com story

New legislation looks to protect students from extreme heat

All school districts develop plans to mitigate extreme heat in classrooms and support services spaces and to establish a maximum allowable temperature Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Inside the Adirondack Fish Hatchery in Lake Clear

Click here for the Adirondack Almanac Story 

COMMENTARY: Is APA OK with ceding its authority over the Master Plan?

Click here for the Adirondack Almanac Opinion Commentary 

New law supports employees suffering from work-related stress

They can now file for workers’ comp for specific kinds of mental injury Click here for the Sun Comunity News story 

DiNapoli: Critical Pre-School Special Education Services Not Reaching All Students Who Need Them

December 5, 2024 – Thomas DiNapoli News Release  Preschool students in need of special education services are not always getting the help they need or are getting services late, according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The audit of the State Department of Education (SED) found many local […]

Recent DCE Forest Ranger Actions

Town of Long Lake, Hamilton County, Wilderness Rescue: On Nov. 28 at 10:30 a.m., Ray Brook Dispatch received an SOS activation from a satellite device on the southeast shoreline of Little Tupper Lake. At 12:05 p.m., Forest Rangers Curcio, Nahor, and O’Connor located the 80-year-old subject who had overturned his canoe. Rangers brought the subject to […]

Hochul expands health care coverage for children

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

New York school districts ranked from 1 to 658 based on new test scores in math, ELA

Click here for the Syracuse.com story 

Time to register snowmobiles with DMV

Online registration makes it easy Click here for the Sun Community News story

EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT LAUNCHES SMALL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT OFFICE TO OFFER COMPANIES COMPREHENSIVE ASSISTANCE NAVIGATING ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS

(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: “Clean Slate taking effect continues Democrats failing pro-criminal agenda”

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 […]

Assemblyman Billy Jones Recognized as Health Care Provider Legislator of the Year

Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay Lake) was recently recognized as the New York State Association of Health Care Providers (HCP) Elected Official of the Year during their annual meeting at Bolton Landing. This distinction is given to a local or State official who has made significant strides in advancing the interests of home and community-based care. […]

Elmore SPCA addresses new Animal Care Standards Act

To adjust to spaçe requirements, Elmore SPCA closed seven of the ten municipal contracts  Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Statewide burn ban in effect

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DiNapoli Report Looks at New York’s Social Insurance Programs for Unemployed and Injured Workers

Analysis Benchmarks Benefit Levels Against Peer States November 12, 2024 The benefits from four major social insurance programs provide crucial financial support during difficult times in the lives of hundreds of thousands New York workers and their families each year, according to a new report by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli that reviews the benefit […]

Assemblyman Jones presents $125K to Plattsburgh Barracks Veterans Park

Money will be used to renovate sidewalks and install new lights Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Billy Jones makes City & State’s 2024 Upstate Power 100 List

Described as “the Assembly’s Ambassador to Canada” Click here for the Sum Community News story 

Plattsburgh Police Department investigating bomb threat at NYS Attorney General’s Office

Click here for the MYNBC5 story 

Election 2024: Proposition 1 passes; here’s what it means for New York

Click here for SILive story 

Why is every North Country race for the NYS Legislature uncontested?

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Forest Rangers rescue hiker in Keene

Town of Keene Essex County Wilderness Rescue: On Oct. 26 at 1:45 p.m., Ray Brook Dispatch received a call about a hiker with a lower leg injury on Mount Marcy. New York State Police Pilot Engel flew Forest Rangers Lewis and O’Connor to the scene. Ranger Lewis lowered Ranger O’Connor down to the 45-year-old from Lockport. […]

DiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Up 1.4% in Third Quarter

“Given this lower year-over-year growth, local officials should temper their expectations for future sales tax revenues.” Local government sales tax collections totaled $5.98 billion in the third calendar quarter (July-September) of 2024, an increase of 1.4%, or $82.7 million, compared to the same quarter last year, according to a report released today by State Comptroller […]