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New York’s Assembly approved a two- year ban on the natural-gas drilling method known as fracking, after two previous attempts to block the practice failed and with the state Senate taking a different approach.
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Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of the late President John F. Kennedy, is a leading candidate to become President Barack Obama’s nominee as U.S. ambassador to Japan, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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New York Governor David Paterson’s attempt to squeeze a budget deal out of lawmakers by furloughing 100,000 state workers to save $30 million a week ran into a legal roadblock yesterday.
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New York’s budget is more than a month late, and Governor David Paterson has submitted his fifth emergency spending measure to keep the government running while pressing lawmakers to find ways to close a $9.2 billion deficit.
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The New York Legislature approved budget bills that its leaders said closed a $9.2 billion deficit and eliminated the threat of a government shutdown looming over Albany this month.
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New York Governor David Paterson may face criminal charges arising from his “inaccurate and misleading” testimony about how he acquired tickets to a World Series baseball game last year, an independent counsel said.
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New York Governor David Paterson said he’ll ask lawmakers for a “simple up or down vote” today on his plan to close a $9.2 billion deficit in a budget that’s four weeks overdue.
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New York Governor David Paterson set a June 28 deadline for an accord on the state’s overdue budget and said if lawmakers don’t cooperate he will submit an emergency bill that would have to be passed or else government would shut down.
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A federal judge in Albany blocked New York State’s plan to furlough 100,000 workers one day a week without pay.
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New York Governor David Paterson said he’ll push lawmakers to cut welfare and mental-health spending in the next weekly appropriations bill needed to keep state government operating while its annual budget remains unfinished.
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