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Rochester residents head to Washington, D.C. for rally
WebsterPost.com Rochester Rochester area residents are heading to Washington, D.C. to participate in the “One Nation Working Together” march and rally on Oct. 2. Participants leaving from Rochester will gather at Monroe Community College at 10 p.m.
Read More »BK Keramati
The Saratogian Galway Bahram “BK” Keramati, a native of Iran, became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1977 and is now a Galway resident and chairman of its town Democratic Committee. He received his undergraduate degree from
Read More »Local Group Says Health Care Reform Lowers Business Costs
Fox 40 Binghamton In terms of the claims that the new health care reform law will increase costs significantly for small businesses. That's a question we put to a member of the local chapter of Citizen Action
Read More »Bill de Blasio: Citizens United Avenger
Mother Jones New York City Can New York City's public advocate hold back a flood of corporate campaign spending? The Supreme Court may have opened the floodgates for corporate campaign spending, but Bill de Blasio, New York
Read More »Good-government group wants to take out the town’s trash
Long Island Herald Long Island Most Long Islanders know -- thanks to pocket-draining experience -- that living here carries a hefty price tag. What many don’t seem to know is that they can change that. How? One way
Read More »U.S. tax cuts can cost state $6B
Times Union Albany The question of whether the Bush-era income tax cuts should be fully or partially extended this year has dominated much of the debate in Washington D.C. But that battle raging in Congress and the
Read More »Huntington Town Board Sinks AvalonBay Proposal
Long Island Press Long Island The Huntington Town Board rejected a rezoning proposal Tuesday night in a 3-2 vote that would have created a “transit-oriented district” to allow a developer, AvalonBay Communities, to build 490 apartment
Read More »Cuomo responds to relentless Paladino
ABC Local Albany It is the campaign Andrew Cuomo didn't plan for as Carl Paladino just keeps attacking. This week Paladino wrote Cuomo, the son of former Gov. Mario Cuomo: "For the first time in your life
Read More »Unions, activists say federal tax cut would cost the state.
Capitol Confidential Albany Union reps as well as groups supportive of higher state income taxes and social justice issues say the tax cut currently under consideration in Congress could have some big impacts here in New
Read More »No Raise For LI Bus As Nassau’s High-Stakes MTA Poker Game Continues
Mobilizing the Region Long Island On Wednesday, Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano released the 2011 County Budget, the first of his tenure. Unfortunately, it was more of the same for LI Bus riders. The County’s proposal to
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