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Feb. 3, 2020: How a Big Tobacco settlement can inform opioid crisis response
How can 1998's Master Settlement Agreement with the Big Tobacco companies inform the legal fights on the opioid crisis?
Feb. 3, 2020: Higher ed funding
On Tuesday, legislators will hear testimony on the Governor’s proposed higher education budget and other proposals which include an
Feb. 3, 2020: State legislative unionization
Following unionization efforts by New York City Council workers, Asm. Dan Quart (D-Manhattan) has introduced legislation to allow legislative
Jan. 31, 2020: Plastic Bag Ban
Judith Enck, Founder of Beyond Plastics, Senior Fellow and Visiting Faculty member at Bennington College, and former Regional Administrator
Jan. 31, 2020: Erie Co. Exec. on Medicaid spending and Bills stadium
The big game is this Sunday and sadly, New York’s own Buffalo Bills will not be competing. We talked
Jan. 31, 2020: After school program funding
What does the Governor’s proposed budget mean for after school programs? Kelly Sturgis, Executive Director of the New York
Jan. 31, 2020: Reporters Denis Slattery and Marie French
We took a look back at the news of the week that was with Politico NY’s energy and environment
Jan. 30, 2020: Prosecutorial misconduct panel struck down
A Supreme Court Judge has struck down the prosecutorial misconduct panel for being unconstitutional. District Attorney David Soares (D-Albany
Jan. 30, 2020: Climate Action panelist Gavin Donohue
The Climate Action Council is tasked with developing a plan for the Empire State to reach its ambitious climate
