Posts Tagged ‘state’
Andy pal is state ethics panel chief
ALBANY — The state’s new ethics watchdog panel picked a former prosecutor with close ties to Gov. Cuomo as its executive director. The Joint Commission On Public Ethics voted secretly Tuesday to hire Cuomo Inspector General Ellen Biben, but didn’t announce it until Thursday.
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Emboldened GOP wants to abolish state income taxes (AP)
AP – A year after Republicans swept into office across the country, many have trained their sights on what has long been a fiscal conservative’s dream: the steep reduction or even outright elimination of state income taxes.
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State Dept: Americans take refuge at Cairo embassy (AP)
AP – Three American democracy advocates barred by Egyptian authorities from leaving the country have sought refuge at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, officials said Monday, as tensions between the two allied nations sharply escalated over a probe into foreign-funded organizations.
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Obama delivers State of the Union
Barack Obama is officially running for reelection – hard. The President launched his campaign Tuesday night, infusing his third State of the Union address with a full-throated populist message more pugnacious than conciliatory — and with the underlying message that keeping the American dream alive is “the defining issue of our time.”
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WATCH: Obama delivers State of the Union
Watch as President Obama delivers State of the Union address.
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Obama says state of the union getting stronger (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama says the state of the union is getting stronger, and he says the country has come too far to turn back now.
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Obama will hit stage running at State of Union
WASHINGTON – President Obama’s long-anticipated State of the Union address Tuesday will serve as the de facto kickoff to his reelection campaign. When Obama mounts the dais of the House chamber for the annual speech to Congress, he’ll frame the Nov. 6 election as a choice between two visions: his populist reform message versus what he will paint as a greedy and heartless Republican agenda hostile to America’s middle class.
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