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What Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act means for taxes on Social Security

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Gillibrand says rescission likely to pass, cutting public media funding

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Vt. school districts and adult learning centers are feeling the impacts of the Trump administration’s funding pause

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Hochul unveils impacts of Trump’s “Big Beautiful” legislation

All New York’s GOP Congressional Representatives Voted for These Cuts July 11, 2035 – Gov. Hochul News Release – Governor Kathy Hochul today released new data showing the devastating impacts of the Republicans’ “Big Ugly Bill” on New York State. The data show the enormous scale of the recently-enacted law, including draconian cuts to Medicaid, […]

Canada relies on US trade. Here’s how the country is reacting to high tariffs

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Gov. Hochul: Release emergency management funding for state and local governments

Funding has been available every year since 2002  Copy of Letter Available Here Governor Kathy Hochul issued a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem urging the Department to make funding available to state and local governments through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) as has been […]

Here’s what $1 trillion in US Medicaid cuts will mean in the North Country

“The cuts to Medicaid will have an outsized impact on the North Country, where 28% of the population relies on the federal program for health insurance. Local healthcare groups and officials have warned that Medicaid cuts will have devastating impacts here in the region.” Click here for the NCPR story 

Governor deploys state police canine search teams to assist with Texas recovery

Four State Police Staff and Three Canines to Deploy to Kerr County July 9 for 14 Days to Assist with Ongoing Search Efforts Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that four New York State Police staff and three canines will deploy to Kerr County, Texas to support search efforts following devastating floods. This assistance was primarily […]

After historic flooding, many Vermont towns still awash in red ink and repairs

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An Upstate NY village gets a surprise visit from ICE: Why would they come for Mr. Zhang?

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Canadian Visitation Down, Local Businesses Respond: Adirondack Coast Survey Reveals Impact and Action

Plattsburgh, NY – July 2, 2025 – As the summer tourism season gets underway, a recent survey conducted by the Adirondack Coast Visitors Bureau, a division of the North Country Chamber of Commerce, reveals that local businesses continue to feel the ripple effects of reduced Canadian travel to the region. This survey, completed in June, […]

How Congress is Reversing New York’s Progress on Clean Energy

Already, the state’s green energy businesses are feeling the impact of the pending Congressional spending bill that includes phasing out Inflation Reduction Act tax credits. Click here for the New York Focus Story 

Stefanik Votes for President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill

Elise Stefanik News Release of July 3, 3025 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Republican Chairwoman Elise Stefanik released the following statement: “Promises made, promises kept. I was proud to stay in Congress to vote to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill to deliver on President Trump’s historic mandate to enact the largest tax cut in […]

July, 4, 2025, Peru, NY – “As American as American Pie”

Homily, Rev. William Reamer, St. Augustine’s Church, Peru, NY, 8 a.m. Mass, July 4, 2025  As American as apple pie, we say proudly. Apple pie is what we’re all about-it’s the symbol of American bounty and prosperity. But, in reality, there’s nothing at all American about apple pie. In her book, The American Plate: A […]

An Open Secret’: Sackets Harbor ICE Raid Shows the ‘Reality’ of New York Dairy Country

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STATEMENT FROM GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL ON THE PASSAGE OF TRUMP’S BILL IN THE SENATE

“Today, Senate Republicans moved one step closer to ripping health care away from millions of Americans to pay for massive tax breaks for billionaires. “From North Country farmers to downstate hospitals, Trump’s ‘Big Ugly Bill’ would devastate New Yorkers. Over one million people in our state would lose their health care. A quarter million would […]

Internal communications reveal Vermont prisons’ frustrations working with ICE

Growing demands, arrivals at all hours and a rare disease are just some of the challenges Vermont’s prisons have faced while working with federal immigration authorities. Click here for the VTDigger story 

The surprising shifts climate change is bringing to Vermont farms: rice paddies, peaches and saffron

Since 1900, annual temperatures in Vermont have increased by about 2 degrees Fahrenheit, and annual precipitation has increased by 21% over the same span, according to the state. Click here for the VTDigger story 

Vermont Public braces for cuts as Congress considers the President’s ask to slash public media funding nationwide

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June 28, 2025 – Veterans of North Country Honor Flight #63

Alois Barta – US Marines 1960 – 1990 Vietnam Al Barta came from a large military family. Al had 8 brothers who also served their Country: 2 in WWII, 2 in Korea and 4 others during Vietnam. Al’s 30-year career in the Marine Corps introduced him to many others who would become like family. The comradery […]

Flights 62 and 63 to the flightline

Thankfully, the heavier rain held off until the North County Honor Flight send-off ceremony concluded. VIDEO of Flights 62 and 63 being escorted to the flightline follows.

Governor Hochul was joined by many local industry leaders in Saranac Lake

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Gov. Hochul slams Washington Republicans for threatening jobs, small business and health care in the Norrth Country

Gov. Hochul News Release, June 27, 2025 – Federal Cuts Would Cause 44,000 North Country Residents To Lose Health Coverage and Slash Food Assistance for Nearly 90,000 People Across the Region Governor Kathy Hochul today slammed Washington Republicans for threatening the jobs, small businesses and health care of New Yorkers throughout the North Country. Impacts […]

The 2015 Dannemora prison escape revealed security cracks. What’s changed?

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The moment that ended the Dannemora manhunt

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