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NY Budget Agreement Reactions -AUDIO
WAMC Albany Late Sunday afternoon, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders announced they had come to an agreement on a budget that will close the state's 10 Billion dollar deficit. Capital District Bureau Chief
Read More »Home away from home: Where should prisoners count?
WKTV - NBC 2 Utica, NY ALBANY, N.Y. (WKTV) - A proposed change to how the census counts prisoners would not effect funding. According to Peter Wagner of the Prison Policy Initiative , there is no mention
Read More »Destito pressured to avoid Arcuri fundraiser
Utica Observer-Dispatch Utica, NY By Elizabeth Cooper ALBANY — Two unions, the Working Families Party and another statewide organization have asked Assemblywoman RoAnn Destito, D-Rome, not to hold a fundraiser for U.S. Rep. Michael Arcuri set for
Read More »Prisoners of the Census
Metroland Albany, NY State Sen. Neil Breslin supports the downstate effort to change the state’s system of counting the incarcerated In anticipation of this year’s census, advocates in New York state are adamant in their efforts to
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 »Training Tuesday with #org20: Getting Through the Bureaucracy
Sum of Change Blog New York, NY This week, we have something new for our Training Tuesday series. We still have plenty of videos left to come from Democracy for America's Campaign Academy, but a couple
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