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Counting the Prison Population
Politics on the Hudson (blog) Albany, NY By Joseph Spector The Democratic-led state Legislature and a coalition of groups are looking to remove prisoners from the population count for the U.S. Census and for redistricting in 2012,
Read More »Citizen Action targeting Murphy on health care, still
Capitol Confidential, Times Union Albany, NY By Jimmy Vielkind The left-leaning activist group Citizen Action has launched an online petition urging Congressman Scott Murphy, D-Glens Falls, to vote in favor of a bill to restructure health care. “In
Read More »What We Missed — The Top TPMCafe Posts Of 2009
Talking Points Memo Washington, DC 2009 was an exciting, thought-provoking year here at the Cafe. We're hoping to bring in a new slate of bloggers to ensure that 2010 is just a strong. But before we
Read More »Central New Yorkers react to Gov. David Paterson’s speech: ‘Optimistic tone’ but ‘follow through needed’ (Updated)
Syracuse Post-Standard Syracuse, NY Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, R-Canandaigua “Gov. Paterson's address sounded an optimistic tone, but what New Yorkers will be looking for, what my Assembly Republican colleagues and I will be waiting for, is
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