Cuomo Health Care Adviser Takes Pay From Health Industry
Posted: February 23rd, 2011 under General News.
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State locked into hikes – Cuomo looks to cut costs, but budget plan includes $140M for negotiated longevity, other increases for 50,000
Posted: February 23rd, 2011 under General News.
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Utica major proposes 3.9% property tax hike and wage freeze
Posted: February 23rd, 2011 under General News.
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Rockland County schools plan deep cuts – one district cut 188 jobs in the last two years
Posted: February 22nd, 2011 under General News.
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Where Have The Good Men Gone?
Posted: February 22nd, 2011 under General News.
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Elmore SPCA is under renovation
Posted: February 22nd, 2011 under General News, Peru/Regional History.
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Taking aim at superintendent salaries
Posted: February 22nd, 2011 under General News, Peru School News.
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Town Board to conduct Executive Session tomorrow to discuss pending litigation
The Town of Peru will hold a Special Board Meeting on February 23, 2011 at 6:30 PM at the Peru Town Hall for the purpose of holding an Executive Session to discuss the employment history of a particular individual and pending litigation.
Posted: February 22nd, 2011 under Town Board News.
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Business threatened with arrest for advertising community events on its sign
Posted: February 22nd, 2011 under General News.
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Saratoga County plans veteran ID cards
Posted: February 22nd, 2011 under General News.
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4 of 5 Potsdam trustees want village dissolution vote
Posted: February 22nd, 2011 under General News.
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Governor banks on reserves many schools don’t have
Posted: February 21st, 2011 under Peru School News.
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Owens, Gibson vote with parties on spending bill
Posted: February 21st, 2011 under General News.
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Saranac Lake Elementary schools may add foreign languages
Posted: February 21st, 2011 under General News.
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Ski resorts report strong season
Posted: February 21st, 2011 under General News.
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Rising Property Taxes Overwhelm Many Who Are Living on the Edge
Posted: February 21st, 2011 under General News.
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New ethics push faces old foes in Albany
Posted: February 21st, 2011 under General News.
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State rules shield teachers gone bad – High costs of misconduct cases bust budgets as accused educators paid to do nothing
Posted: February 21st, 2011 under General News.
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18th Annual Conference on the Adirondacks scheduled
Posted: February 21st, 2011 under General News.
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Utica – a new home for immigrants
Posted: February 21st, 2011 under General News.
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Peru Central faces huge school-budget gap
Posted: February 20th, 2011 under Peru School News.
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Statement of Congressman Owens on House Passage of Continuing Resolution
From the Office of Congressman Owens
WASHINGTON – Congressman Bill Owens today released the following statement in response to the early morning House passage of H.R. 1, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011.
“It is unfortunate that the resources and time of the House of Representatives were focused on H.R. 1 for an entire legislative week. We have a short time before our current funding bill expires, and to send a partisan funding bill to the Senate is an exercise in futility. This week would have been better spent negotiating with the Senate to find a workable compromise, like we did during last year’s lame duck session of Congress to extend tax cuts for the middle class.
“If we truly want to take a serious look at how to get the nation’s fiscal house in order, we should take politics out of the process and enact across-the-board cuts – with the exception of self-funding programs like Social Security – of around 3 percent to get us through the remainder of the current fiscal year.
“One way Congress could have accomplished this, when the continuing resolution was passed in the early hours of Saturday morning, was to pass Mr. LaTourette’s (R-OH) substitute to H.R. 1. This substitute would have trimmed spending without focusing Washington’s fiscal scalpel with a partisan hand. Unfortunately, my colleague’s amendment was withdrawn.
“With my proposal, critical government services could adjust to minor cuts without going under, and we would have adequate time to come together and do an economic analysis of which government programs are creating or sustaining jobs, review each program, and apply a cost-benefit analysis in determining which programs should continue to be funded.”
Posted: February 19th, 2011 under General News.
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Some at Massena Central accept pay freeze – Administrators, support staff OK move; teachers to receive 3.3% salary hike
Posted: February 19th, 2011 under General News.
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Clinton County residents are relatively physically active compared to the rest of NY, but not not active compared to much of the northeast U.S.
Posted: February 18th, 2011 under General News.
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How Vermont manufacturers are staying competitive
Posted: February 18th, 2011 under General News.
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