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With two weeks before the state budget is due, Gov. Kathy Hochul and the legislature have different ideas on how the spending plan should look, with the Senate and Assembly rejecting most of the governor's key items.
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Jim Boeheim retires after 47 years of coaching, New York farmers are asking for more money for a safety training program, and more in the WAER News Round-Up.
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The state's attorney general and the governor are giving some of the country's biggest pharmacies 10 days to respond.
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New York farmers are asking for more money in the state budget for a safety training program that they say saves lives and helps prevent injuries among farmworkers.
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Hochul plans to lift the regional cap on the number of charter schools in the state.
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The state’s convenience store owners and wholesale marketers and distributors say raising taxes on tobacco to $5.35 cents a pack — which would be the highest rate in the nation — and banning flavored cigarettes would have unintended consequences.
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Gov. Hochul announced a second emergency benefit through the Home Energy Assistance Program for eligible New Yorkers along with resources to cut down on utility bills.
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The state's joint legislative fiscal committee will meet Wednesday to discuss Gov. Kathy Hochul's proposal to link the state's minimum wage to the yearly inflation rate.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed $227 billion spending plan is 2.4% larger than last year’s budget. But she says she knows that the good times won't last.
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The state announced $4.38 million specifically geared towards finding high-skilled jobs for immigrants.