
Emilie Munson
Data and Investigations Reporter at Times Union (Albany)
@timesunion data reporter. Former DC correspondent for @hearst newspapers in CT and NY. Email: [email protected]
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1 week ago |
timesunion.com | Emilie Munson
ALBANY — Last week, roughly 32,000 people cast their ballots in school board elections in Monroe County using a controversial voting machine that’s been a source of controversy in New York for years. It was the largest number of votes cast on an ExpressVote XL machine in New York to date. And in Monroe and other counties, the device is gaining a growing foothold in the state, even as a movement to stop its use is brewing.
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3 weeks ago |
middletownpress.com | Emilie Munson
GREENWICH — Baseball legend Hideki Matsui considers when the New York Yankees won the 2009 World Series as the moment when he became a champion. The powerful hitter batted three home runs and six RBI in Game 6 against the Philadelphia Phillies, earning the World Series Most Valuable Player Award, the first Japanese-born player to do so. Article continues below this ad“I had probably the ultimate experience of joy getting to that pinnacle,” said Matsui.
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4 weeks ago |
timesunion.com | Emilie Munson
ALBANY — A state budget bill passed by the New York legislature Wednesday included unforeseen changes to the public campaign finance system that could help candidates collect more taxpayer money for their campaigns while also leaning on bigger donors. The numerous changes were hammered out in private with no public input. The day after the bill passed there was still confusion among many lawmakers about what the changes will mean.
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1 month ago |
timesunion.com | Emilie Munson
ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state Legislature are planning to use the state budget to allocate more taxpayer money for candidates running for public office. The tentative deal, reached in private by state Democratic leaders, is expected to be included in budget bills voted on by lawmakers next week, sources with knowledge of the conversations told the Times Union. Article continues below this adNew York’s public campaign finance system was used for the first time in the 2024 election cycle.
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1 month ago |
timesunion.com | Emilie Munson
RENSSELAER — A former Rensselaer City School District Board of Education vice president and her husband filed a lawsuit against the school district on Sunday alleging staff at the elementary school improperly restrained her autistic son in an act amounting to assault, resulting in injuries and trauma that she said continue to affect him more than a year later.
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ICYMI: using the budget, NY Democrats tweaked the public campaign finance system after it was used for the first time in 2024. @reinventalbany says the changes devised in secret undermine small donors and create an "incumbency protection program.” https://t.co/KwHSfalRgf

RT @mrochele: N.Y. Democrats made public money for campaigns even more generous than expected https://t.co/hGyicFqRuE by @emiliemunson

NY Democrats made unexpected public campaign finance tweak in the budget that could empower bigger donors in the system https://t.co/KwHSfalRgf