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Knocking donors out of politics
Times Union 5/19/12 Rick Karlin http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Knocking-donors-out-of-politics-3570307.php A coalition of campaign finance reform supporters has mined election data to get personal to promote public financing of electoral campaigns. Members of the FairElectionsNY coalition will gather at eight locations
Read More »Campaign finance reform sought, but will it come?
Democrat and Chronicle 5/18/12 Joseph Spector http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20120518/NEWS01/305180036/Campaign-reform-sought?nclick_check=1 On May 2, Gov. Andrew Cuomo went on a radio show and railed against the influence of money in politics: “The power of money in this Capitol
Read More »Citizen Action’s Laymon on New Campaign Finance Reform Effort
Capital Tonight 5/21/12 Maureen McManus http://www.capitaltonight.com/2012/05/citizen-actions-laymon-on-new-campaign-finance-reform-effort/ Advocates of campaign finance reform are launching a new effort to raise awareness about money in politics. They are focusing on eight state senators and the donations they’ve
Read More »Anti-frackers deliver petitions; Pro-frackers meet with lawmakers
Gannett’s Politics on the Hudson 5/2/12 Jon Campbell http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2012/05/02/pro-frackers-deliver-petitions-anti-frackers-meet-behind-the-scenes/ Unsurprisingly, the divide among the two sides of the hydrofracking debate is evident even in their public relations strategies. Both supporters and opponents of hydraulic
Read More »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 »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 »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
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