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ALBANY
Unions claim Walmart played role in minimum wage subsidy
Monday, April 15, 2013
Several labor unions claim campaign contributions by Walmart prompted the unusual provision of a subsidy for employers faced with a higher minimum wage in New York.
ALBANY
New York’s 'assault weapon' registration begins today
Monday, April 15, 2013
Key measures of New York’s tough new gun law are set to kick in, with owners of guns now reclassified as assault weapons required to register the firearms and new limits on the number of bullets allowed in magazines.
CAPITAL REGION
NY SAFE Act notification under fire
Sunday, April 14, 2013
The mental health community has qualms with the changes applied March 16 to the state’s Mental Hygiene law — primarily the section requiring physicians, psychologists, registered nurses and licensed clinical social workers to report patients they believe are “likely to engage in conduct that will cause serious harm to self or others.”
CAPITOL
State pursuit of tax evaders beefed up with investigators
Friday, April 12, 2013
Two veteran law enforcement officials are now leading a joint effort to root out tax evasion in New York state.
ALBANY
Funds needed to fix, monitor upstate dams: Schumer
Friday, April 12, 2013
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says there are more than 800 dams without adequate emergency plans in upstate New York.
CAPITOL
CSEA claims Thruway layoffs against the law
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
The state’s largest public union is alleging that recent layoffs in the state’s Thruway Authority violated the law.
ALBANY
State plans new data center at Nanocollege
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
New York state plans to house its new data center at SUNY’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced today.
WATERVLIET
Proposal to save church facade rejected
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
A developer has rejected a proposal to incorporate parts of a former Catholic church in a new supermarket it’s building in Watervliet.
CAPITOL
Cuomo takes aim at corruption
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday proposed giving prosecutors more power to combat public corruption and would, for the first time, require public officials to report corrupt actions by their colleagues.
CAPITOL
Checks will be in the mail for taxpayers with children at home
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
More than 30,000 Capital Region families will receive a controversial $350 rebate check next year.
BURLINGTON, Vt.
Proposal would allow immigrants to work on dairy farms
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
A congressman from New York and one from Vermont say they’re going to introduce legislation to create a guest worker program for immigrants on dairy farms.
ELIZABETHTOWN
County in Adirondacks takes step to close bars earlier
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
A county in the Adirondacks has taken the first step toward requiring bars to stop serving alcohol at 3 a.m. instead of 4 a.m.
ALBANY
In wake of scandal, Cuomo calls for overhaul of ethics rules
Monday, April 8, 2013
Days after federal authorities rocked New York politics with more corruption cases, Gov. Andrew Cuomo says solutions abound to fix Albany’s history of ethical lapses. But he isn’t releasing any specific remedies yet.
ARGYLE
Washington County brush fire spreads to tire storage area
Monday, April 8, 2013
Firefighters remain on the scene of a brush fire in Washington County that has spread to a storage area for used tires.
CAPITOL
New rules take away licenses for repeat DWIs
Saturday, April 6, 2013
The state Department of Motor Vehicles is taking administrative steps to get more people with three or more DWI convictions off the road — and keep them off, in some cases, by never giving them a license again.
