07.11.16 |
A large chunk of that spending goes to pay for teacher benefit and retirement packages. The Empire State spends more than $15-and-a-half billion a year on employee benefits. That"s more than twice the national average.
07.08.16 |
Auditor General Eugene DePasquale says waiting lists for vets to receive care are too long and too cumbersome at the state's six veteran facilities. DePasquale says there is no protocol in place for tracking complaints at V.A. facilities in...
07.08.16 |
Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton unveiled a campaign in Binghamton to persuade Governor Cuomo to stop new approvals for pipelines, power plants, and storage facilities. A business council official says the move "could put every industrial...
07.08.16 |
The two Democrats both have family roots in the electric city and will speak at a noon-time rally at the Riverfront Sports Complex. Voters have mixed reaction to the high profile visit.Pundits say the race between Hillary Clinton and Donald...
07.08.16 |
The dry spell will be parched some by rain this weekend but climatologists say it won't be the kind of soaking rain needed to alleviate the drought, which is the worst in New York since the year 2000.
07.07.16 |
A Virginia-based health care company is opening a new call center in Gates, New York and looking to hire 2,000 people. The Maximus complex will need call center phone operators, analysts, accountants, and...
07.07.16 |
The governor insists it has cost taxpayers "nothing" even though New York has already spent $53 million promoting it thru TV and radio commercials."Start-up New York" was started three years ago and to date has netted just 400 jobs. It uses...
07.07.16 |
It was due a week ago. On Monday, July 11, the governor can do one of four things: sign the measure, veto it, veto parts of it, or do nothing and let the budget automatically become law. ...
07.07.16 |
The communion guidelines in Philadelphia contradict recently announced reforms from Pope Francis at the Vatican. We caught up with some Catholics in Scranton recently who had a mixed response. ...
07.06.16 |
The new Safe Harbor application requires parents to have a photo ID, a doctor's note, and a background check. It's only available to kids with one of 17 medical conditions. Pennsylvania's program is not off the ground yet. This form allows...
