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ALBANY
Governor to sign budget today; postpones trip to western NY
Monday, April 1, 2013
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has postponed his trip to western New York to sign the state budget that was passed by the Legislature last week.
CAPITOL
State Fellows class seeking applicants
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Nora Yates doesn’t second-guess leaving the private sector and is encouraging more people to try her path.
CAPITAL REGION
Legislators, school districts fired up about bullet aid
Friday, March 29, 2013
Despite the widely discussed inequity in Schenectady’s state school aid, the district’s new legislator did not nominate it for additional funding this year.
CAPITOL
Lawmakers say on-time state budget shows efficiency
Friday, March 29, 2013
With three days to spare, New York has adopted its third straight on-time budget.
CAPITOL
Partisan aid bump helps some school districts
Thursday, March 28, 2013
The state budget includes more than $30 million for school districts lucky enough to be represented by a majority member in the Assembly or state Senate.
ALBANY
Assembly starts approval of state budget
Thursday, March 28, 2013
New York’s Assembly has started final legislative approval of the $135 billion state budget.
CAPITOL
State budget passage ripped
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Good-government groups slammed New York’s Legislature on Wednesday for what one senator called “vampire” voting — dead-of-night votes to revive taxes that were supposed to die — to build much of the new $135 billion budget.
CAPITAL REGION
Local government to see no increase in state funding
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Funding for local governments will remain flat in the state budget now being approved.
CAPITAL REGION
Legislators give schools added aid
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Area school officials are happy and relieved to learn they are in line to receive more state aid that will help preserve programs and staff.
CAPITAL REGION
CDTA gets added $1.4M in state aid
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Word of an extra $1.4 million in aid came shortly after the CDTA board adopted a $76 million budget for fiscal 2013-14, which starts Monday.
CAPITAL REGION
STAR recipients told to be patient
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Assessors around the region were swamped Tuesday with calls and visits from residents trying to follow a law proposed in the state Legislature’s budget bills.
CAPITOL
Schenectady unhappy with school aid hike
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
State education aid to the Schenectady City School District isn’t increasing enough to take layoffs and service cuts off the table.
CAPITAL REGION
State budget promises more roadwork cash
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Local governments will be able to take on more road projects than initially planned because of an increase in state money for street and highway improvement projects.
CAPITAL REGION
Union to ask state to delay testing on tougher curriculum
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
New York State United Teachers plans to announce Wednesday that it is asking state education officials not to base this year’s standardized tests on the new Common Core curriculum.
CAPITOL
State making changes to maple syrup labels
Monday, March 25, 2013
New York state is its own isolated world of syrup production with its own language and measurement system, according to maple industry expert Stephen Childs, but that’s begun to change.
