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In fracking fight, protests may be having an impact
Press & Sun Bulletin 5/2/12 Jon Campbell http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20120502/NEWS01/205020378/In-fracking-fight-protests-may-having-an-impact?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE It was a familiar sight early Wednesday afternoon outside the Senate chamber. In front of the bright lights of television cameras and a handful of microphones
Read More »Fracking forces, pro and con, stalk the Capitol
Times Union’s Capitol Confidential 5/2/12 Casey Seiler http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/129326/fracking-forces-pro-and-con-stalk-the-capitol/ As the Department of Environmental Conservation continues to absorb more than 60,000 comments submitted for the latest iteration of the draft environmental impact statement on the
Read More »‘Fracking’ rally aims at political cash trail
Buffalo News 5/1/12 Aaron Besecker http://www.buffalonews.com/city/communities/buffalo/article836240.ece Advocates for a ban on hydraulic fracturing staged a demonstration Monday in downtown Buffalo targeting some local politicians and National Fuel Gas Co. while calling for campaign finance
Read More »Silver-Sampson bill would create public campaign finance option
Legislative Gazette 4/30/12 Andrew Carden http://www.legislativegazette.com/Articles-Top-Stories-c-2012-04-30-81633.113122-SilverSampson-bill-would-create-public-campaign-finance-option.html Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver last week introduced legislation geared to bringing “fair elections” to New York state by reforming campaign finance laws. The 2012 Fair Elections Act (A.9885/S.7036-a),
Read More »Advocacy groups tie fracking to campaign cash
WBFO Buffalo NPR 4/30/12 Mark Leitner http://news.wbfo.org/post/advocacy-groups-tie-fracking-campaign-cash About a dozen representatives of Citizen Action, The Sierra Club, and several other public advocacy groups gathered in front of the Mahoney State Office Building in downtown
Read More »Groups Pledge to Spend $1.5m to Pass Campaign Finance Reform
WXXI NPR 4/19/12 Karen DeWitt http://wxxinews.org/post/groups-pledge-spend-15m-pass-campaign-finance-reform With just two months left in the legislative session, advocates of campaign finance reform are pressing Governor Cuomo and the legislature to adopt a New York City style
Read More »Health Exchange will make insurance more accessible
Queens Courier 4/19/12 Billy Rennison http://queenscourier.com/2012/health-exchange-will-make-insurance-more-accessible/ The governor issued an executive order recently establishing a statewide health insurance exchange after the state legislature failed to pass the bill last year. Governor Andrew Cuomo established
Read More »Groups push for public financing of New York political campaigns
Democrat & Chronicle, Ithaca Journal, and other Gannett papers 4/19/12 Cara Matthews http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20120418/NEWS01/304180052 Good-government groups, unions, faith groups and national organizations are urging lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to create a voluntary system of
Read More »New York: The Front Line in the Political Money Wars
Mother Jones 4/18/12 Andy Kroll http://motherjones.com/politics/2012/04/cuomo-new-york-public-financing-citizens-united Forget Washington, DC. The real front line in the battle to get big money out of politics is in Albany, New York’s capital and a rough-and-tumble hotbed of
Read More »Tax Day protest held in Binghamton
YNN Southern Tier 4/17/12 http://binghamton.ynn.com/content/580922/tax-day-protest-held-in-binghamton/ Tax Day brought a unique protest to downtown Binghamton. A group gathered outside Senator Tom Libous’ office with signs in hand to call for equality when it comes to
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