Breslin pushing dems to avoid hiking taxes, fees

Adam Sichko of the Business Review reports -”New York state Sen. Neil Breslin (D-Albany) said today that the state cannot afford to raise taxes and fees to help erase a $2.1 billion budget deficit. Breslin, who attended President Obama’s speech in Troy, said he’s pushing fel
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FACT CHECK: Coverage requirement enforced with tax

The Associated Press reports on YahooNews.com – “Memo to President Barack Obama: It’s a tax. Obama insisted this weekend on national television that requiring people to carry health insurance — and fining them if they don’t — isn’t the same thing as a
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Siena Poll:Governor is Well Intentioned, but Ineffective and His Handling of State’s Fiscal Situation is Off the Mark

Voters Prefer Rudy Not Run for Governor or Senate in 2010 Jobs, Reform, Taxes are Top Issues Voters See in Campaign for Gov. A new Siena College Poll states -”Nearly three-quarters of New York voters say that Governor David Paterson is well intentioned but isn’t getting the jo
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Paul Speranza, Jr., past Chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, to receive 2009 Corning Award for Excellence

Paul Speranza, Jr., the Vice-Chairman, General Counsel and Secretary of Wegmans Food Markets, will receive The Business Council of New York State’s Corning Award for Excellence for 2009. Speranza will accept the award Wednesday, September 30, at The Business Council’s Annual Meeti
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Marcellus Shale: There is a Natural Gas Gold Mine Under Our Feet

Rep. Glenn Thompson who represents Pennsylvania’s 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives wrote a great OP-ED piece in the Washington Examiner 9/20/09 entitled: There is a Natural Gas Gold Mine Under Our Feet. He explains the enormity of the Marcellus reserve
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You Have No Idea What Health Costs

If You Did, You Might Just Want Real Reform Ezra Klein writes in the Sunday Washington Post – “The most important health-care document released this week was not Sen. Max Baucus’s Healthy Future Act. It was the Kaiser Family Foundation’s 2009 Employer Benefits
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Governor Paterson floats yanking state cars from agency heads to close $2.1B budget gap

Ken Lovett of the Daily News reports – “Gov. Paterson is strongly considering yanking state cars from agency heads to help close a $2.1 billion budget deficit. The budget division posted an announcement on its Web site this week announcing that agency commissioners would l
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Obama’s Upstate visit puts

The Daily Freeman reports – “The backdrop for President Barack Obama’s remarks during a planned visit Monday to Hudson Valley Community College’s automotive department will be a wind turbine installed by a former student of the college. When Mark Bomba first entered th
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Siena Poll:More Voters Support President’s Health Care Plan than

70% Believe Current Health Care Costs Could Bankrupt the Economy – NY’ers Divided on Plan’s Affordability and Government’s Role A new Siena Poll finds – “More New York voters (36%) support President Barack Obama’s approach to reforming health care in the U.S.
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Paterson supports new cost

James T. Odato writes in todya’s Times Union - “Gov. David Paterson will submit legislation calling for at least $17.5 million for 50,000 child care workers who are not public employees but have recently started paying dues to the Civil Service Employees Association and th
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