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NY lawmakers push to make Daylight Saving Time permanent

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Should seniors only be eligible for rebate checks? NY lawmakers think so

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Schumer decries massive NOAA layoffs

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EPA to review landmark 2009 finding that greenhouse gases are a danger to public health

“We are driving a dagger through the heart of the climate-change religion and ushering in America’s Golden Age,” EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal Click here for the CBS News story 

Common Sense Media supports Hochul’s ‘bell-to-bell’ smartphone restraints

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Assemblyman Billy Jones: Statement on Governor’s Executive Order No. 47.3

            “I strongly oppose the Governor’s recent Executive Order declaring a state of emergency at correctional facilities and barring terminated New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (NYSDOCCS) from future employment at other state, county or local government agencies. This is an absolute ridiculous usurpation of local control and an overreach of executive […]

Agreement reached between DOCCS and NYSCOPBA, workers could return Monday

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NYSCOPBA: New deal offered by state to striking prison staff is ‘illegal’

DOCCS said anyone off the job who returns to work on March 7 will not face consequences Click here for the MYNBC5 story 

NY officials offer striking corrections officers a deal, bypassing union

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Tariffs already hitting North Country tourism sector

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Resolving the corrections officers strike takes more than rhetoric, it needs legislative action

A Legislative Column by Senator Dan Stec (R, C-Queensbury)             We’re now more than two weeks into the correction officer strikes happening across New York State. Thousands of dedicated men and women have risked, and continue to risk, their livelihoods and their health care for one reason: there has never been a less safe time […]

Trump picks loyalist with no prosecutor history as U.S. attorney in Upstate NY

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Stec joins effort to end tax on overtime, tipped wages

March 3, 2025 – Albany – Senator Dan Stec (R, C-Queensbury) participated in a press conference calling for an end to the state tax on overtime and tipped wages. Given the increased cost of living due to inflation and the difficulties many New Yorkers face in making ends meet, ending this tax is a common-sense […]

Texas Republican has beef with NY, seeks to change name of a New York Strip steak

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Onondaga County’s first wind farm stirs controversy: Who has power over giant turbines?

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Assemblyman Billy Jones: Tariffs on Canadian Goods Could Cause Trade War

3/3/25 – Assemblyman Billy Jones News Release              “I am disheartened by the federal administration’s decision to enact tariffs on Canadian goods starting at midnight. This will negatively impact our local transportation manufacturing sector, as well as both residents and local businesses because of our reliance on Canadian goods for our construction, agricultural and energy […]

Trump says 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico to go ahead

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Corrections officers fired as tentative deal fails to end wildcat strike

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North Country leaders stunned by tariff deadline reversal

Confusion and dismay after announcements that Canadian tariffs would still begin March 4 Click here for the Sun Community News story 

A look at what happened in the US Government last week

March 1 – Click here for the MYNBC5 story 

Prison guards on strike have a list of complaints. Does NY’s deal address them?

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Gov. Hochul addresses corrections mediation agreement

Hochul said the “resolution is just the beginning” to address systemic issues Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Dog Teather Law Advocates Address Clinton County Legislators

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Mediator for state, union announces tentative agreement to end prison strikes

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North Country Chamber welcomes tariffs postponement

Canadian tariff paused again, but North Country impacts continue Click here for the Sun Community News story