Bloomberg, who has emerged as one of Paterson's chief defenders in the budget battle, urged lawmakers to "cut the guy a break" and to end "this crazin...
Capital News 9 | Posted 11.30.2009 | New York
State leaders are expected to be back in town Monday to continue efforts to reach an agreement on a deficit reduction plan....
Sacramento Bee | Jim Sanders | Posted 11.22.2009 | Los Angeles
For years California has courted a reputation as an eco-friendly, green-minded leader, but the state now finds its most basic program of recycling bev...
AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 11.20.2009 | New York
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York lawmakers headed home Thursday without agreement on how to address the state's fiscal crisis. The Legislature was in se...
The Ithaca Journal | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York
While state leaders say they will work to repeal a new fee on license-plate purchases, there are no immediate plans to drop the production of new plat...
nytimes.com | DANNY HAKIM | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York
Gov. David A. Paterson took the rare step on Monday of addressing a joint session of the Legislature during its traditional off-season and used the sp...
The Denver Post | Jessica Fender | Posted 11.05.2009 | Denver
The Mapleton Expeditionary School of the Arts will continue to operate in aging, asbestos-filled buildings. Aurora will close four of its seven librar...
NY1 | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York
In an exclusive interview Monday on NY1, Governor David Paterson reaffirmed that he is running in the gubernatorial election next year and addressed t...
Dawn Teo | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics
Senate Republicans turned off, then removed the digital wall clock from the Senate chambers and continued wrangling over the budget as if July 1 (and the new fiscal year) had never arrived.
The New York Times | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics
In Hawaii, state employees are bracing for furloughs of three days a month over the next two years, the equivalent of a 14 percent pay cut. In Idaho, ...
Shira Tarrant | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics
CSU faculty have two choices: accept furlough or face layoffs. The first option is bad; the second is worse. This is not only a labor issue for CSU faculty. This is an issue about the health of the nation.
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics
When his term mercifully expires next year, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will be leaving the Golden State in the worst condition than at any time its history.
Tom Gerdy | Posted 07.18.2009 | Media
I am proposing a tax on the self proclaimed political pundits. Skewed and twisted "news" reporting has taken over our airwaves.
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics
A grassroots movement working within Democratic Party structures might break the cycle of abuse the Republican minority has inflicted upon the state.
Robert L. Borosage | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics
A long term discussion of America's finances could help Americans look beyond the crisis, defining where we need to go and how, in the long term, we'll pay for it.
washingtonpost.com | Lori Montgomery | Posted 03.04.2009 | Home
It's the holy grail of Washington politics: a federal budget that generates ample funds through a simpler and fairer tax code, defuses the spending ti...
nypost.com | Posted 12.01.2009 | New York