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State makes progress, but more needed – AdirondackDailyEnterprise.com 

Common Cause Calls On Gov. Cuomo To Call Special Elections To Fill 10 Legislative Vacancies | New York Daily News.

Medical marijuana focus shifts to bill – Times Union.

ALBANY, NY The New York State Bar Association today released its state and federal public policy priorities for 2014. State priorities include ensuring adequate funding for the courts, creating more Family Court judgeships, expanding the number of veterans treatment courts, reducing wrongful convictions, restricting the use of solitary confinement and providing more civics education for […]

Law Protects New Yorkers and the Environment by Ensuring Proper Handling of Hazardous Mercury  A new law signed by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo will require manufacturers to collect and recycle mercury-containing thermostats at no cost to consumers, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens announced today. The law implements a statewide thermostat product […]

Plattsburgh-Watertown beats NYC 30-1 in Cuomo contest | Capital New York.

By John T. Ryan Almost 20% of Peru’s property owners may be paying an additional $566 in school taxes in 2014. As of this morning 295 people had not reapplied for the Basic Star Tax Exemption. In an attempt to curb fraud and abuse, New York State has required that all eligible property owners, including […]

Panel Appointed by Cuomo Says Corruption Is Commonplace in Albany – NYTimes.com.

Capitol Confidential » Moreland Panel releases first set of recommendations.

From the Office fo State Senator Betty Little In advance of the 2014 Legislative Session set to begin in January, State Senator Betty Little and her Republican colleagues today announced a report outlining numerous proposals to simplify New York’s tax code and reduce taxes. The report was developed based on testimony collected through a series of statewide hearings this […]

Tax Collections and Spending Below Projections through Mid-Year State spending was nearly $860 million lower than expected through the first half of the fiscal year while tax collections were just shy of projections, according to the Mid-Year Update and September cash report released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Still, threats of another federal government shutdown […]

Farm cideries get boost in NY.

Moreland panel readies subpoenas for state lawmakers – Times Union.

The deals after the spending deal – Times Union.

Income sources request refused – Times Union.

‘More cops on the beat’ needed? – Times Union.

Campus Notebook: ‘Developing’ label disheartens teacher – Times Union.

North Country Prisons: Hard Times in ‘Siberia’ – The Adirondack Almanack – The Adirondack Almanack.

PLATTSBURGH, NY— Today, Congressman Bill Owens congratulated Clinton Community College and SUNY Plattsburgh for earning national recognition from Washington Monthly. The publication ranked Clinton Community College 49th on its Best Community Colleges List. SUNY Plattsburgh ranked as the 10th “Best Bang for the Buck” for Master’s Universities and 30th under the All Schools list in the same category. “I […]

First-graders and Mesopotamia? New York’s model lesson plan asks too much, critics say | syracuse.com.

What if state funds don’t come through for hotel projects? – AdirondackDailyEnterprise.com | News, Sports, Jobs, Saranac Lake region 

New PSU building to host fall classes » Local News » Press-Republican.

Nonprofits Are Balking at Law on Disclosing Political Donors – NYTimes.com.

The dollar migration – Times Union.

Capitol Confidential » Common Cause’s ‘Moreland Monday’ brings an update. Speaking of the influence of “Soft Money” in NY politics Common Cause concludes: “It’s obvious to Common Cause/NY that housekeeping accounts are a back door for big dollar special interests to give unlimited sums of cash for campaign purposes: a direct violation of the campaign […]