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Andy pal is state ethics panel chief

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:21:58 +0000

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)

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:50:49 +0000

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)

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:08:56 +0000

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

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:37:15 +0000

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

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:23:01 +0000

Watch as President Obama delivers State of the Union address.

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Obama says state of the union getting stronger (AP)

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:22:58 +0000

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

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:08:40 +0000

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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Obama to take on economy in State of the Union (AP)

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:52:14 +0000

AP – Addressing a divided nation amid a determined GOP campaign to take his job, President Barack Obama is preparing to issue a populist cry for economic fairness as he aims to corral the sympathies of middle-class voters 10 months before Election Day.

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State of Union: Obama to take on economic anxiety (AP)

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:27:55 +0000

AP – Eager to command center stage in a year dominated by Republican infighting, President Barack Obama is polishing a State of the Union address that will go to the heart of Americans’ economic anxiety and try to sway voters to give him four more years. He will speak Tuesday to a nation worried about daily struggles and unhappy with his handling of the economy.

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Mixed record for Obama’s State of the Union goals (AP)

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:53:22 +0000

AP – As President Barack Obama prepares to deliver his annual address to Congress, many goals he outlined in previous State of the Union speeches remain unfulfilled. From reforming immigration laws to meeting monthly with congressional leaders of both parties, the promises fell victim to congressional opposition or faded in face of other priorities as the unruly realities of governing set in.

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