Archive for 'State Government News'
Sixty-three children and teens reported as runaways were found safe, due to the efforts of a first-of-its-kind operation in the Capital Region.
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Posted: March 14th, 2025 under Law Enforcement News, Social Issues, State Government News, Statewide News.
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NY lawmakers push to make Daylight Saving Time permanent
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Posted: March 13th, 2025 under Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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Should seniors only be eligible for rebate checks? NY lawmakers think so
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Posted: March 12th, 2025 under Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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Snowmobiler travelled approximately 150 feet in the air on the vehicle before being ejected and travelling another nearly 150 feet
Town of Indian Lake Hamilton County Snowmobile Accident: On March 4 at 11:30 a.m., Hamilton County received a 911 call about an unconscious snowmobiler on Indian Lake. Environmental Conservation Police Officer (ECO) Newell arrived first at the scene, followed by Forest Ranger Milano and an Indian Lake Paramedic. The 55-year-old from Hillsdale had hit an ice […]
Posted: March 12th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, General News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, State Government News.
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Common Sense Media supports Hochul’s ‘bell-to-bell’ smartphone restraints
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Posted: March 12th, 2025 under Education News, Political News, Social Issues, State Government News, Statewide News.
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Former corrections officers speak out after being fired for strike participation
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Posted: March 11th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News, Statewide News.
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Assemblyman Billy Jones: Statement on Governor’s Executive Order No. 47.3
“I strongly oppose the Governor’s recent Executive Order declaring a state of emergency at correctional facilities and barring terminated New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (NYSDOCCS) from future employment at other state, county or local government agencies. This is an absolute ridiculous usurpation of local control and an overreach of executive […]
Posted: March 11th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News.
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New York prison strike ends after 22 days, DOCCS says, as 2,000 employees terminated
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Posted: March 11th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, Heathcare News, Law Enforcement News, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News.
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Agreement reached between DOCCS and NYSCOPBA, workers could return Monday
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Posted: March 9th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News, State Government News, Statewide News.
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Peru Central School student Connor Baehre selected to attend League’s Students Inside Albany Conference
Plattsburgh, NY- Connor Baehre, a high school junior from Peru Central School, has been selected to attend this year’s Students Inside Albany Conference sponsored by the League of Women Voters of New York State Education Foundation, Inc. Annika Pair from Northern Adirondack Central School has been chosen 1st alternate and Lino Caputo from Boquet Valley […]
Posted: March 8th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Education News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Peru resident news/accomplishments, Peru School News, State Government News, State Legislator News.
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APA: Milfoil-killing herbicide doing its job
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Posted: March 7th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News, Upstate New York.
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NYSCOPBA: New deal offered by state to striking prison staff is ‘illegal’
DOCCS said anyone off the job who returns to work on March 7 will not face consequences Click here for the MYNBC5 story
Posted: March 7th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News.
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NY officials offer striking corrections officers a deal, bypassing union
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Posted: March 7th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News, State Government News.
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Resolving the corrections officers strike takes more than rhetoric, it needs legislative action
A Legislative Column by Senator Dan Stec (R, C-Queensbury) We’re now more than two weeks into the correction officer strikes happening across New York State. Thousands of dedicated men and women have risked, and continue to risk, their livelihoods and their health care for one reason: there has never been a less safe time […]
Posted: March 5th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News.
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More than half of corrections officers still on NY prison strike statewide
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Posted: March 5th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, State Government News.
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DEC Forest Rangers and NYS Police rescue three persons injured in Vermont plane crash
Bennington County, Vermont Wilderness Rescue: On Feb. 26 at 9:20 a.m., New York State Police (NYSP) Aviation received a call to assist with a plane crash on Mt. Equinox in Bennington County, Vermont. The report indicated three passengers were aboard the plane at the time of the crash. Forest Rangers Gullen and Thompson were preparing for […]
Posted: March 5th, 2025 under Law Enforcement News, Regional NY-VT News, State Government News.
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State to offer $80 million for flood resiliency projects
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Posted: March 4th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, Northern NY News, State Government News, Statewide News.
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Frontier Town becomes catalyst for changing New York state land acquisitions
Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area is not quite “the gateway to the Adirondacks,” state and local officials had hoped for when they donned cowboy hats for its grand opening in 2018. Click here for the Adirondack Almanac story
Posted: March 4th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, General News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News.
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Corrections officers fired as tentative deal fails to end wildcat strike
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Posted: March 3rd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News, Upstate New York.
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Health insurance ending for corrections officers still on strike; National Guard still deployed
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Posted: March 3rd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News, Upstate New York.
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Prison guards on strike have a list of complaints. Does NY’s deal address them?
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Posted: March 2nd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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Gov. Hochul addresses corrections mediation agreement
Hochul said the “resolution is just the beginning” to address systemic issues Click here for the Sun Community News story
Posted: March 1st, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News, State Government News.
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APA 2024 Annual Report Highlights Include Efforts to Enhance Science, Public Engagement, and Community Outreach
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Posted: March 1st, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News.
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Here’s what conditions inside NY prisons have been like during the strikes
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Posted: February 28th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, State Government News.
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Mediator for state, union announces tentative agreement to end prison strikes
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Posted: February 28th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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