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By Jessica Bloustein

Troy, NY – As New York lawmakers gear up to pass an on-time budget this year, Governor Pataki is pushing for his proposed $634 million increase to school aid--which includes incentives to get parents more involved with their children's education and enhancing math and science education programs in New York's schools.

WAMC's Capital District Bureau Chief Jessica Bloustein covered the governor's visit this morning to a public school in Troy:

Albany, NY – Dr. Eric Plakun is the guest on this week's edition of Vox Pop's Medical Monday. Dr. Plakun engages in a lively conversation with host Alan Chartock, and takes listener calls covering wide areas of psychiatry. Air Date: 1/30/06

By Deborah Runcie

Poughkeepsie, NY – Dutchess County has received a 4.55 million dollar settlement from the state of New York.
It's for money it has spent over the past couple of decades caring for mentally ill patients that previously had been the financial responsibility of the state.
WAMC'S Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Deborah Runcie has more.

Albany, NY – On this week's show, Alan talks with the executive director of New York's School Boards Association, Tim Kremer, about the status of the state's public schools, the long-running Campaign for Fiscal Equity court case, and their opinions on Education Commisioner Richard Mills and NYC Schools Chancellor Joel Klein.

By Carrie Saldo

North Adams, MA – Many smaller hospitals in the Northeast are facing bottom-line challenges. Northern Berkshire County's sole hospital is in the final stages of a $23 million overhaul of its patient care areas. Meanwhile, North Adams Regional Hospital is also grappling to recover from five straight years of financial losses. Our Berkshire Bureau Chief, Carrie Saldo recently toured the hospital and has a report on its financial health;

Albany, NY – Word For The Wise #2905--01/27/06: MIND YOUR OWN BEESWAX

By Deborah Runcie

Ithaca, NY – Cornell University will use a 25 million dollar gift from Microsoft Founder Bill Gates to build a center for a new information campus.
WAMC'S Hudson Valley Bureau Deborah Runcie has more.

By Deborah Runcie

Kingston, NY – Congressman Maurice Hinchey, a Democrat from Ulster County New York, has received a response to the letter he wrote asking the Federal Trade Commission to look into price gouging by oil companies.
WAMC's Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Deborah Runcie has more.

By Carrie Saldo

Chatham, NY – Much of the northeast is dotted with defunct industrial mills. And some of those mills have been given new life in a variety of ways, take the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Arts, in North Adams, for instance. Now one man has a vision for a former mill in Chatham, New York - An industrial arts mill powered entirely by sun and water.

By Jessica Bloustein

Albany, NY – One of the Capital Region's most devoted benefactors, 93-year-old Morris Silverman, has died. But he has left a legacy in his native region that will last for a long time to come.

WAMC's Capital District Bureau Chief Jessica Bloustein has more.