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It seems that two Syracuse-area state lawmakers from different political parties aren’t entirely pleased with the new $175.5 billion state budget.…
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The familiar checkout question “paper or plastic?” will soon become “paper or reusable?” A ban on plastic grocery bags has been added to the finalized…
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The New York State legislature finished up work on the budget around 7:30 Monday morning, just making the budget deadline of April 1. The spending plan…
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The New York state budget is starting to take shape, as lawmakers planned to return to the Capitol for a rare Sunday session to begin voting to meet the…
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The sponsors of a bill to ban single use plastic bags in New York are optimistic that the measures will be part of the new state budget. But there are…
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Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon and his colleagues from across the state sent Albany a unified message ahead of the budget deadline: Don’t cut…
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The new state budget, due April 1, will be first one decided by an all- democratic state legislature in a decade, after Republicans ruled the Senate for…
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Budget talks are intensifying in Albany as the deadline nears, and they are revealing tensions and divides between Democratic governor Andrew Cuomo and…
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With three weeks to go until the April 1 budget deadline, and Governor Andrew Cuomo is drawing some lines in the sand on items he says need to be in the…
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Labor and Management at Crouse hospital presented a unified message to state lawmakers today to restore cuts to Medicaid. Hospitals were originally slated…