Union wages $1 million campaign to pass school budgets
5/14/2006, 10:30 a.m. ET
By MICHAEL GORMLEY
The Associated Press
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — In one of the television ads, children playing with toy trains ask voters to protect their future after they’ve already lost arts, sports and tutoring, because “if our school budget doesn’t pass, we’ll lose […]

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Spitzer urges graduates to remain in New York state — Newsday.com
ALFRED, N.Y. (AP) _ State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer on Saturday urged graduating students at Alfred University to remain in New York state and help strengthen its economy.
“People are leaving because they can’t make ends meet here and they are forced to look for better […]

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Panel weighs fate of hospitals
By the end of the year, the hospital you rely on may no longer be open for business.
If this sounds alarming, it’s not merely the-sky-is-falling rhetoric. It’s almost certain some hospitals across New York state — perhaps fewer than a dozen, possibly far more — are going to be ordered […]

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From the NY Post
‘THE RAPIST’S BEST FRIEND’
May 13, 2006 — EXCLUSIVE
THREE decades ago, Kathleen Ham was raped and shamed into silence.
Now, she is nail-spittingly furious at a man she says will do anything
to help violent attackers get away with it.
“Sheldon Silver is the rapist’s best friend!” Ham said to me
unflinchingly.
“He’s still living in […]

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State gas tax to be capped starting June 1
Albany - Drivers in New York soon will start saving a few cents off every gallon of gas under legislation agreed to in Albany yesterday.
Under mounting pressure from voters, state lawmakers agreed to cap the 4 percent state sales tax on gasoline at the $2-per-gallon rate […]

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State’s ‘pork’ lean on details

When a politician shows up at a community event with an oversized, fake check representing state aid for a local group, it makes for a nice ceremony.
But there may be a big problem with this happy scene. Until the announcement is made, the public usually has no idea how or where […]

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County OKs controversial construction mandate
Erie County lawmakers took a major step Thursday afternoon towards enacting a controversial mandate that will require construction industry contractors working on county-funded projects to hire on-site employees who have passed a state certification program.
The law, which has been working its way through Erie County Hall for the past few […]

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Russell for Senate
My name is Jeff Russell, and I am running for US Senator on the Libertarian line. I decided to run for US Senate because I am outraged by the stance that Senator Clinton has taken on many issues during her first term.
She has supported the war in Iraq, […]

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IBM Viewpoint: Government in an Era of Transformational Opportunity
Enhancing economic competitiveness for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania IBM consultants have worked with the Department of Economic and Community Development with funding provided by the Team Pennsylvania Foundation to create a first-of-its-kind economic development plan based on point-by-point, industry-by-industry comparison of Pennsylvania with other regions around the […]

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Slow, steady Silver setting Albany’s pace
ALBANY - Pay close attention to the proposals streaming out of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s office this week. Because he holds all the high cards in this legislative session - and he’s laying them on the table one by one.
If the Manhattan Democrat wants to cap the sales taxes on […]

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