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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has a new leader on this Earth Day. Sean Mahar, who served as Executive Deputy Commissioner under former longtime Commissioner Basil Seggos, will lead the department as Interim Commissioner.
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The United Way of the Greater Capital Region is looking to raise more than $500,000 for local nonprofits in one day.
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As state lawmakers pass final budget measures, the head of New York’s public university system is hoping for more tuition assistance for college students.
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(Airs 04/19/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: State lawmakers start passing parts of the state budget more than two weeks after it was due, we’ll get the President of the Citizens Budget Commission to critique the budget process, and two congressmen seek additional remediation of PCBs from the Hudson River.
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The Republican majority on the Troy city council flexed its muscle at Thursday night's finance meeting — with the Democratic council president accusing the GOP of playing politics over the minority’s resolutions.
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Montgomery County’s first county executive will leave his position at the end of the month. The Republican is being praised as a unifying voice in county government.
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Albany High School’s automotive tech students have a new car to work on.
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Following Wednesday’s sentencing of a Saratoga County man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl, New York lawmakers are hopeful legislation will increase safety in state parks.
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(Airs 04/18/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Andrew Rein, President of the Citizens Budget Commission about the Governor’s $237 billion dollar budget proposal, healthcare, school aid, and much more.
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A public input session on a proposed mixed-residential development was held this week before heading to the full Moreau town board.
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As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency prepares to release its third five-year review of the Hudson River PCB cleanup by General Electric, two Hudson Valley Congressmen are seeking additional remediation.
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As they seek a new contract, nurses at Ellis Medicine in Schenectady picketed Tuesday to draw attention to staffing shortages.