Archive for 'State Government News'
National Guard members admit giving inmates drugs, phones
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Posted: August 4th, 2025 under Corruption in Gov't., Law Enforcement News, State Government News.
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Summers Are Brutal in New York’s Prisons. This Year Is Worse Than Ever.
Short-staffed since a strike this winter, the prison system is keeping people locked in their boiling cells and dorms for upwards of 21 hours a day. Click here for the New York Focus story
Posted: August 4th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Social Issues, State Government News, Statewide News.
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Vermont will try a different attack on cyanobacteria at state’s only ‘lake in crisis’
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Posted: August 4th, 2025 under Environmental News, Peru/Regional History, Regional NY-VT News, State Government News.
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AI Supercomputer research projects to treat Neurodegenerative Diseases Including ALS, Muscular Dystrophy and Spinocerebellar Ataxias as Part of SUNY-Led Research at Empire AI Computing Center
August 1, 2025 – Governor Kathy Hochul announced the first Empire AI supercomputer projects from the University at Albany. Stemming from a partnership between UAlbany’s world-renowned RNA Institute and their partners at the University of Rochester, the newest member of the Governor’s Empire AI Consortium, researchers will now have access to New York State’s Empire […]
Posted: August 2nd, 2025 under Education News, Heathcare News, State Government News, Statewide News.
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Refundable Farm Employer Tax Credit Application Period Now Open
Eligible Farmers May Now Apply for Reimbursement for Overtime Paid Since January 1, 2025 Friday, August 1, 2025 – Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that eligible farm employers may now apply for the Farm Employer Overtime Credit Advance program and receive reimbursement for eligible overtime paid to employees since January 1, 2025. Now in its […]
Posted: August 2nd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Business News, Political News, State Government News, Statewide News.
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Route 73 lane closures in Keene & North Elba beginning Aug. 11 for re-surfacing project
The New York State Department of Transportation is advising motorists that State Route 73 in towns of Keene and North Elba, Essex County, will be reduced to one lane of alternating travel controlled by flaggers between Gilmore Hill Road and Lower Cascade Lake (in Keene), and between Bobsled Run Lane and Recycle Circle Lane (in […]
Posted: August 2nd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, General News, Highway Dept. News, State Government News.
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New York electric school bus mandate unaffordable, illogical, say rural Adirondack districts
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Posted: July 30th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, Education News, General News, Northern NY News, Peru School News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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Adirondack Community Foundation announces actions to support region amid new challenges
“Medicaid provides support to 28% of the population of NY-21—either directly or through the New York State of Health Marketplace, according to the Healthcare Coalition for the North Country” Click here to read the Adirondack Almanac story
Posted: July 30th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Congressional News, National History, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Social Issues, State Government News, State Legislator News.
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Recent Regional NYS Forest Ranger Actions
Town of North Elba, Essex County Wilderness Rescue: On July 22 at 8:17 p.m., the Marcy Dam Caretaker called Ray Brook Dispatch about a hiker with a knee injury approximately a tenth of a mile from the outpost. At 9:47 p.m., Forest Ranger H. Praczkajlo reached the 71-year-old from Alplaus, provided first aid, and helped them […]
Posted: July 29th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, State Government News.
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Billy Jones, the North Country’s only Democratic state lawmaker, is resigning
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Posted: July 29th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, General News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News.
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DEC and Partners Announce Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Confirmed on the Western Shore of Lake Champlain and Near the North End of Great Sacandaga Lakes
Lake Champlain Residents are Encouraged to Report Any Signs of HWA, an Invasive Forest Pest The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), New York State Hemlock Initiative at Cornell University (NYSHI), and Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (APIPP) today announced the confirmed presence of hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) on the western shore of Lake Champlain […]
Posted: July 28th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, Environmental News, Lake Champlain News, National News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Peru/Regional History, Regional NY-VT News, State Government News, Upstate New York.
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Legislation aimed at enhancing the cybersecurity and resilience across New York, is now in effect
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced legislation S.7672A/A.6769A, a measure aimed at enhancing the cybersecurity and resilience across New York, is now in effect. First announced in Governor Hochul’s 2025 State of the State address, this legislation requires all municipal corporations and public authorities to report cybersecurity incidents within 72 hours and ransomware payments within 24 […]
Posted: July 28th, 2025 under Law Enforcement News, State Government News, State Legislator News.
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‘Worse Than I’ve Ever Seen’: New York Among Slowest States to Pay Unemployment Benefits
And the delays have gotten worse in recent months. Click here for the New York Focus story
Posted: July 27th, 2025 under Business News, State Government News, Statewide News.
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Kathy Hochul’s Nuclear Vision Faces Big Questions and Bottlenecks
Building nuclear will test whether New York state is still capable of constructing megaprojects as it has done in the past. Click here for the New York Focus story
Posted: July 26th, 2025 under Business News, Environmental News, General News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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New York’s Landmark Climate Law Goes on Trial
As environmental justice groups seek to compel the state to follow its climate law, the Hochul administration is set to argue that it deserves a pass. Click here for the New York Focus story
Posted: July 26th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Environmental News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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DiNapoli: Former Essex County Fair Treasurer and Willsboro Town Clerk ordered to pay full restitution for theft of nearly $90K
State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Franklin County District Attorney Elizabeth Crawford, and New York State Police Superintendent Steven G. James announced that Bridget Brown, the former treasurer of the Essex County Agricultural Society and former Willsboro town clerk/tax collector, was sentenced to serve five years probation and ordered to pay full restitution of nearly $90,000 […]
Posted: July 26th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Arts and Entertainment, Community Events, Corruption in Gov't., General News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News, Statewide News, Town Board News.
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Chemical exposure incidents rise at Clinton Correctional Facility
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Posted: July 25th, 2025 under Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News, Statewide News.
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Assistant forest ranger’s death in Adirondacks sparks calls for DEC reforms
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Posted: July 25th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, Law Enforcement News, Political News, State Government News, Statewide News.
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To lower utility bills, NY decides to raise the money from … utility customers
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Posted: July 24th, 2025 under Business News, Political News, State Government News, Statewide News.
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Lawler forgoes run for NY Governor, clearing path for Stefanik
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Posted: July 23rd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Congressional News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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One-stop-shop for military, veterans and family members interested in SUNY
July 21, 2025 – Governor Kathy Hochul announced the launch of a one-stop-shop for active duty service members, veterans, and family members currently enrolled or interested in attending any SUNY college or university. The landing page: www.suny.edu/military, includes information on available credit for military service and experience, tuition assistance, specialized scholarships, and dedicated campus services […]
Posted: July 22nd, 2025 under Education News, General News, State Government News, Statewide News, Veterans' News.
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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
Posted: July 22nd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Corruption in Gov't., Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News, State Government News, Statewide News, Upstate New York.
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New York to Scale Back Key Energy Affordability Program
Empower+ helps thousands of New Yorkers afford energy efficiency upgrades. The state is planning to slash funding by nearly two-thirds in two years. Click here for the New York Focus story
Posted: July 21st, 2025 under Environmental News, Northern NY News, State Government News.
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$3.8M in Smart Growth Grants available to Adirondack and Catskill Park communities
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Posted: July 21st, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, General News, State Government News.
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July 19, 2025 – Ausable Point State Park
Posted: July 19th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, General News, Lake Champlain News, Northern NY News, Peru News, State Government News.
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