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Source: Prosecutors: No charges for officer in Capitol riot shooting

Washington – Today President Joseph Biden directed the Justice Department to write a new rule for so-called “ghost guns,” firearms that are sold in kits that can be assembled at home. Ghost guns generally do not have serial numbers, and there’s no federal requirement for buyers to undergo a background check, making the proliferation of […]

This is an opportunity to recognize and encourage the artistic talent in the nation, as well as in our Congressional District each spring. This competition is open to all North Country high school students. The winning submission will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year! Submission Requirements: Artwork may be up to 26 inches […]

From the North Country Chamber of Commerce Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Tuesday a $28.6 billion grant program Congress created to boost struggling restaurants will start serving clients in about three weeks. Throughout the country, food service and hospitality businesses — like restaurants, bars and hotels — have been among the hardest hit […]

Source: By The Numbers: Biden’s $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan | Vermont Public Radio

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said Monday that the workforce increase would number in the hundreds once research and manufacturing partners across the region are factored in. Over the past two decades the facility on what is now the SUNY Polytechnic Institute campus has grown into the center of a public-private ecosystem of academics, […]

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Stefanik announced the Department of Transportation will award Plattsburgh International Airport $765,000 in federal grants for rehabilitation and construction. $135,000 to rehabilitate apron $315,000 to rehabilitate taxiway $315,000 to construct deicing pad with associated facilities for a runway and terminal “Plattsburgh International Airport allows North Country residents the ability to conveniently […]

Source: Schools: Federal aid crucial for 2021-22 | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | Area school districts are approaching the last stretch of budget planning with hope gleaming in federal aid.

“First, there is a bit of nervousness for some people to come work in restaurants,” Hoyne said, citing state rules that give the impression that dining out (and serving) could be unsafe. But he points out that restaurant workers now qualify in New York for vaccines, and all his current staff have them. But the […]

Washington, D.C. – Today, the New York Farm Bureau presented Congresswoman Stefanik with the American Farm Bureau Circle of Friends Award. This award is given to select lawmakers who have strong voting records in support of New York agriculture. Congresswoman Stefanik also received the American Farm Bureau Federation’s “Friend of Farm Bureau” award in October […]

Source: North Country growers applaud federal farm bill | Sun Community News PERU | Farmers and growers from across the region are applauding the federal Farm Workforce Modernization Act, saying the measure includes solutions to address the current labor crisis fa

Source: Stefanik votes against path to citizenship for ‘Dreamers’ but for status for farm workers | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Source: New York Sens. Schumer, Gillibrand call on Cuomo to resign

Imagine going out to your mailbox each month, and picking up a $300 check for each of your children. That’s what the new child tax credit will look like. The current child tax credit is up to $2,000 per child per. Under the new stimulus bill, it’ll jump to $3600 a year for kids under […]

See details of the American rescue Plan Act Source: North Country Chamber-American Rescue Plan Act 2021

Source: Biden signs $1.9T relief bill before speech to nation

Source: House Gives Final Approval To $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Package | NCPR News

Source: $88 million to North Country local governments in new federal COVID stimulus | NCPR News

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Stefanik voted against the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion partisan package guised as COVID-19 relief. She issued the following statement: “Rather than focusing on bipartisan COVID-19 relief to safely re-open our economy and schools, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and President Biden instead rammed through a partisan $1.9 trillion spending package stuffed with their Far-Left […]

Four in 10 children in the U.S. live in households struggling to afford basic expenses, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Now, as part of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, the House and Senate have passed a child benefit, the first of its kind in the United States. It would provide […]

Source: Stefanik votes against Justice in Policing Act | Government | nny360.com

Source: Stefanik votes against COVID relief, voting rights, and police reform bills | NCPR News

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik announced Clarkson University will receive more than $200,000 dollars from the National Science Foundation for their Aquatic Sciences, Engineering, and Technology Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) Program. “As a member of the Education and Labor Committee, I am always especially excited to announce grants that will help our […]

Source: Stefanik says Cuomo must resign, calls him ‘sexual predator’ | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Source: Essex County housing program gets $170K federal grant | Sun Community News ELIZABETHTOWN | The Housing Assistance Program of Essex County will soon get a much-needed financial boost by way of a $170,000 grant from NeighborWorks America.