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Source: Watchdog groups say Hochul and legislature are dropping the ball on creating a new ethics panel | NCPR News

Source: Judge: NY can hold election using Democrat-drawn districts | News | pressrepublican.com

Source: HALT Legislation goes into effect amid continuing violence | Sun Community News DANNEMORA | Nine officers needed to be treated at upstate hospitals after a series of attacks and fights last week at two maximum security correctional facilities left officers

Source: New York State lawmakers adjourn for a long weekend, as budget deadline is missed | NCPR News

Source: Lawmakers seek $2 million for Adirondack climate and careers center | NCPR News

Source: Advocates call for lower unemployment insurance tax rates        | Sun Community News ALBANY | Advocates took to Albany March 28 to call for lowered unemployment insurance tax rates to help small businesses recover.

Resembles New York! Source: Vermont’s independent pharmacies are disappearing. A bill aimed at saving them just passed the House. – VTDigger

Source: As more New Yorkers wait for trial at home, few communities are paying for services to support them

Source: Bail looms large in state budget discussions | News | pressrepublican.com

“The protesters gathered at the Capitol, chanting “Hell no to Cuomo 2.0”. Some speakers compared the plan to other civil rights setbacks, including the creation of Jim Crow laws in the late 19th and early 20th centuries” Source: Advocates protest Hochul’s “betrayal” on proposed bail reform changes | NCPR News

Source: North Country Chamber’s 63rd Irish Person of the Year announced | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | The North Country Chamber of Commerce held its 63 annual St. Patricks Day Breakfast Thursday, March 17 to announce the Irish Person of the Year.

“I worked in corrections for twenty years and understand how dangerous working at a correctional facility can be. The recent spike in prison violence including the most recent incident at Clinton Correctional is unacceptable and the problem is only escalating. There are serious concerns about how the HALT Act will further increase violence at correctional […]

Source: Sen. Stec helps pass agricultural package | Sun Community News ALBANY | Sen. Dan Stec (R,C-Queensbury) has helped pass a package of 10 bills designed to boost our agriculture industry. Four of the bills, which Stec co-sponsored, address major issues like l

Source: Senate passes fire department ambulance reimbursement bill | Sun Community News ALBANY | A bill co-sponsored by Sen. Dan Stec (R,C-Queensbury) to allow fire departments to bill and be reimbursed for providing life-saving emergency ambulance services has pa

Source: Sen. Stec advocates against planned energy cost hikes | Sun Community News ALBANY | Sen. Dan Stec (R,C-Queensbury) has joined colleagues in urging residents to submit official public comment on the Climate Action Council’s (CAC) draft Scoping Plan by the A

From the office of Assemblyman Billy Jones               Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay Lake) announced that nominations for his 2022 Women of Distinction Awards are underway. The Women of Distinction Awards are held annually and honor local women who have had significant positive impacts on their community and those around them. Awards will be given for […]

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Source: Lawmakers: DOT fee preventing access to broadband | Sun Community News ALBANY | A group of lawmakers is asking Gov. Kathy Hochul to unwind a 2019 tax that they  say is adding thousands of dollars per mile to the cost of broadband installation and preventin

Source: No Major Changes for Forest Rangers in the Adirondacks – – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: Sen. Stec urges Hochul to reject farm labor decision  | Sun Community News ALBANY | Sen. Dan Stec (R,C-Queensbury) is urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to reject the Farm Laborer Wage Board’s recent recommendation to lower the overtime threshold for farm workers fr

Source: Eric Adams calls for bail reform rollbacks at virtual state budget hearing – City & State New York

Assemblyman Billy Jones, “With Governor Kathy Hochul’s announcement today lifting the mask mandates for businesses, I want to thank local business owners and patrons for their patience over the past couple of months.  I agree with both New York State United Teachers and New York State Council of School Superintendents who have called on the […]

            Senator Dan Stec (R,C-Queensbury) joined several of his Senate Republican colleagues in calling for the Department of Health to conduct an audit into the March 2020 directive to place COVID-positive seniors back into nursing homes. Former Governor Andrew Cuomo and the-DOH Commissioner Howard Zucker authorized this directive and in its aftermath, thousands of death […]

Source: North Country would be divided among three new Congressional districts | NCPR News

            Senator Dan Stec (R,C-Queensbury) issued this statement following the Farm Laborer Wage Board’s decision to lower the overtime threshold from 60 hours to 40:                  “The Farm Laborers Wage Board decision to lower the overtime threshold sets our local agriculture industry and family farmers up for failure. Despite widespread opposition from farmers across the state, […]