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Education Groups Send Hearts To Lawmakers
Politics on the Hudson Lower Hudson Thirty state lawmakers received these Valentine’s Day cards from the Alliance for Quality Education, Citizen Action of New York and the New York City Coalition for Educational Justice, asking them
Read More »Community urges lawmakers to reject school cuts
YNN Binghamton A special Valentine's Day message for state legislators, one that urges lawmakers to reject Governor Cuomo's proposed $1.5 billion in school cuts
Read More »Community Members Send Legislatures Valentines
Fox 40 Binghampton Some State Officials received Valentines Monday, but probably not the ones they expected. "Don't break our hearts- we deserve an opportunity to learn" was the messages on those cards along with calling on
Read More »From Lobbyists, with love
Capital Tonight Albany Various special interests – and I use that term in the loosest of fashions, not necessarily in the axis of evil definition a certain governor has adopted to refer to a select few
Read More »Education Coalition to Governor Cuomo: Budget Would “Wipe Out” CFE Funding
Campaign for Fiscal Equity Albany coalition of eight education organizations, led by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE) which successfully sued New York State over adequate school funding, delivered a letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo asserting
Read More »Good Morning, Buffalo – Feb. 14th
Buffalo News Buffalo State cutbacks in aid to public schools is the impetus for a public information session from noon to 4 p.m. in the Niagara Falls Public Library, 1425 Main St., sponsored by Citizen Action
Read More »Education groups criticize governor on school-funding equity
Politics on the Hudson Lower Hudson A coalition of education and other advocacy groups is cautioning Gov. Andrew Cuomo that his proposed $1.5 billion cut to education funding, to $19.4 billion, violates the legislation state officials
Read More »GUEST COMMENTARY: Budget cuts shouldn’t overshadow investing for our future
Missourian Across the country, state legislatures are grappling with billion-dollar deficits. The prevailing narrative among Republicans — and many Democrats — is cut, cut, cut. But in some of the nation's most populous states, a
Read More »David Elliot: Put a Human Face on Spending Priorities What are we sacrificing, and at what cost?
Yubanet.com Across the country, state legislatures are grappling with billion-dollar deficits. The prevailing narrative among Republicans--and many Democrats--is cut, cut, cut. But in some of the nation's most populous states, a few legislators are pushing
Read More »Cuomo Reaction: It Depends
WWNYT News 7/Fox 28 WNYF Statewide How you felt about Governor Cuomo's budget proposal (released Tuesday) was largely determined by how much it would hurt you. "This is change," Cuomo said. "The situation is forcing and mandating
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