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Texas Gov. Perry looking to lure NY companies
Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday said his efforts to lure companies out of New York and to his state is similar to a sports final series between rival teams, and that states are in a competition with each other over businesses and jobs. "It's no different than, I would ...
Anti-fracking groups rally outside NY Capitol
About 2,000 opponents of a natural-gas drilling process that involves blasting chemical-laden water deep into the ground rallied outside New York's Capitol on Monday as a new statewide poll showed a slight increase among voters who are against it. The Siena College poll of about 800 registered voters showed 44 ...
Anti-fracking groups rally in Albany, urge ban
As about 2,000 opponents of fracking rallied Monday outside New York's Capitol, a new statewide poll showed a slight increase in voters statewide who oppose the method of drilling for natural gas. The demonstrators cheered announcement of the poll results while urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to permanently ban hydraulic fracturing ...
Whey from NY's Greek yogurt used to produce power
The Greek yogurt boom in New York is being harnessed to make electricity. More Greek yogurt production has meant more whey, a watery byproduct from the process. Yogurt makers commonly ship it back to farms for use as feed and fertilizer, but it's also is being used to generate power ...
Texas Gov. Perry , NY Gov. Cuomo spar over jobs
The battle of Texas swagger against New York attitude is on. First, Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry scoffed at New York's CEO-baiting slogan of a "new New York," saying it looks like the same old high-tax state to him. Then Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo shot back by saying at least ...
A sampling of editorials from around New York
The Times Union of Albany on the "Women's Equality Act" and the politics of abortion. June 9 As the letter of the law stands in New York today, it is illegal for a woman to have an abortion in her third trimester of pregnancy unless her life is at stake. ...
RI to build charging stations for electric cars
Rhode Island got its first public charging station for electric vehicles at a furniture store in West Warwick back in 2010, before the electric-powered Chevy Volt, Nissan Leaf and Tesla Model S debuted to rave reviews. Three years later, the state has 11 public charging stations, the most recent one ...
State laws varied on gun, abortion laws
The U.S. Supreme Court says women in America can terminate a pregnancy and that every citizen has an individual right to own a firearm, but those rulings have done little to settle political arguments over abortion and guns. The result is an uneven medley of state laws, which means that ...
NRC: NY nuke plants can apply for banned weapons
New York's new gun control law may have little effect at Indian Point and the state's other nuclear power plants. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has told Gov. Andrew Cuomo that the plants can apply to the commission if they want their security officers to have weapons that would be banned ...
NY gov's women's rights bill faces abortion fight
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 10-point proposal calling for women's rights protections from the work place to the shadowy world of human trafficking was endorsed by several women's advocates Tuesday, but faces strong opposition in the Senate over its abortion provisions. Cuomo released the bill Tuesday, detailing his women's rights proposal for ...
Cuomo to push his abortion proposal amid obstacles
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is scheduled to begin his last major push Tuesday for his proposal to strengthen abortion rights even as Senate opposition builds. Cuomo drew swift opposition in January after he issued his rousing, repeated battle cry of: "Because it's her body, it's her choice!" in his State of ...
Amanpour's husband resigns as Port Authority head
The husband of CNN foreign correspondent Christiane Amanpour has resigned as commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. A spokesman for the Port Authority confirms Sunday that James Rubin's last day was Wednesday. He was appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The New York Times reports (http://nyti.ms/15rgJ1h ...
NEW EVALUATION FOR NEW YORK CITY TEACHERS IMPOSED
c.2013 New York Times News Service The New York state education commissioner broke a long and acrimonious impasse Saturday by imposing a new evaluation system that would rate New York City teachers in part on their students’ test scores and streamline the disciplinary process. The new system, announced after three ...
WEINER SEIZES SPOTLIGHT AT EDUCATION DEBATE
c.2013 New York Times News Service NEW YORK — He took off his jacket and rolled up his shirt sleeves, setting himself off visually from the four other men onstage. When asked a question, he stood up to answer, holding the microphone as though he were roaming the room at ...
NATIONAL NEWS AT A GLANCE
c.2013 New York Times News Service ILLEGAL GUN SALES? MAKERS SAY IT’S NOT THEIR PROBLEM The world’s firearms manufacturers have been silent in the debate over gun violence. But their voices emerge from thousands of pages of depositions in a series of liability lawsuits a decade ago, before Congress passed ...
EDITORIALS OF THE TIMES
c.2013 New York Times News Service DECEPTION ON GUN BACKGROUND CHECKS A strange thing happened after 45 senators killed a bill to expand background checks for gun buyers five weeks ago: Many of those same senators suddenly discovered a profound affection for background checks. They had been for them all ...
IN ALBANY, BILL ON COLLEGE AID FOR UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS SEEMS STALLED
c.2013 New York Times News Service As immigration legislation moves forward on Capitol Hill, generating widespread debate and providing glimpses of an emerging bipartisan consensus, a less ambitious effort in Albany, N.Y., is playing out differently. With less than four weeks to go in the legislative session, a bill that ...
Weiner gets started stumping in NYC mayoral race
Anthony Weiner set out to reintroduce himself to voters Thursday as he embarked on a mayoral bid after leaving Congress in a sexting scandal. He found a much more supportive reception in his first day of campaigning than he did from the state's top Democrat, who bluntly criticized his candidacy ...
NY gov: Fracking decision to come before election
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he'll make a decision on whether to allow shale gas fracking in New York before the 2014 election. Cuomo says he's waiting for his state health commissioner, Dr. Nirav Shah, to report on his own health review. The Democratic governor told the editorial board at the ...
Most NY school district budgets OK'd by voters
New Yorkers voting on school budgets for next year have approved nearly all of the proposals containing tax increases within state-imposed taxing limits. Budgets that proposed bigger tax increases mostly failed. More than 630 school budgets, about 96 percent, were approved around the state, a preliminary analysis by the New ...
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