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3 weeks ago | 
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PLATTSBURGH — State Sen. Dan Stec (R-Queensbury) criticized a state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision decision to release certain inmates early to alleviate staffing shortages after the recent 22-day correction officers’ strike.
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3 weeks ago | 
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PLATTSBURGH — For Democrat Blake Gendebien, the race for Congress just turned from a sprint to a marathon, with the potential hurdle of a Democratic primary to clear. Gendebien had said in February, a few days after he was selected as the Democratic candidate in the expected 21st Congressional District election, “We’re crunching a two-year campaign into what, I hope, is 90 days.
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4 weeks ago | 
pressrepublican.com | Maury Thompson |Maury Thompson Press-Republican
PLATTSBURGH — The special election in the 21st Congressional District on hold. President Trump announced Thursday he is rescinding his nomination of U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-Schuylerville) as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, in order to protect the razor-thin GOP majority in the House. kAm(2CC6? r@F?EJ #6AF3=:42? r92:C>2? %:> |4}F=EJ D2:5 96 H2D “2 =:EE=6 D9@4<65[” :? @?6 C6DA64E[ 3FE 2=D@ ?@E E@E2==J DFCAC:D65 3J E96 56G6=@A>6?E[ 4@?D:56C:?8 E96 4=@D6 >2C8:? :?
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1 month ago | 
pressrepublican.com | Maury Thompson |Maury Thompson Press-Republican
The state Conservative Committee has narrowed its selection of a candidate in the upcoming 21st Congressional District special election to three candidates, all Republicans, with state Sen. Dan Stec (R-Queensbury) being the “party preference,” Conservative party spokesman William O’Reilly said Sunday. The Conservative Party Executive Committee will be meeting with Stec, Assemblyman Chris Tague (R-Schoharie), and Liz Joy, a conservative speaker and writer from Glenville, in the coming days.
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1 month ago | 
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PLATTSBURGH — Republican chairs in the 21st Congressional District have narrowed the list of potential nominees in the upcoming special election from 21 interested candidates to 11 finalists. The 15 county chairs in the district could be ready to select a nominee in about two weeks, said Warren County Republican Chairman Tim McNulty. kAm#6DF>6D @7 E96 `` 7:?2=:DED 92G6 366? D6?E E@ E96 (9:E6 w@FD6 7@C G6EE:?8[ 96 D2:5[ 2?5 4@F?EJ 492:CD 6IA64E E@ 92G6 C6A@CED 324< 7C@> E96 G6EE:?8 AC@46DD H:E9:?
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2 months ago | 
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PLATTRSBURGH — Democratic congressional candidate Blake Gendebien said that, if elected, he expects to join the Congressional Blue Dog Coalition, a caucus of House Democrats which has a history of achieving bipartisan collaboration on fiscal and defense legislation. “Honestly, that is where I fit,” said Gendeiben, a farmer from Lisbon in St. Lawrence County, in a half-hour telephone interview last Thursday. kAm“x 92G6 366? :?
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2 months ago | 
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PLATTSBURGH — Republican lawmakers in the region breathed a sigh of relief late Monday when top Democrats in the state government ended efforts to provide Gov. Kathy Hochul with the authority to delay the special election in the 21st Congressional District until November. “This is a huge win for democracy and a testament to the power of the people,” State Assemblyman Matt Simpson (R-Lake George) said in a news release. kAm“uC@> E96 DE2CE[ E9:D H2D ?@E9:?8 >@C6 E92?
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2 months ago | 
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PLATTSBURGH — School districts in Clinton, Essex and Franklin counties would receive estimated increases from 2% to 11.03% in Foundation Aid, the baseline state school aid funding, under Gov. Kathy Hochul’s state budget proposal. The proposal comes as Hochul seeks to implement an initial round of ongoing, multi-year restructuring of the Foundation Aid formula, which has not been updated since it was established in 2007. kAm“(6’C6 E2<:?8 E2C86E65 DE6AD E@ >@56C?:K6 E96 DE2E6’D @FE52E65 u@F?52E:@?
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2 months ago | 
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PLATTSBURGH — State Sen. Dan Stec (R-Queensbury) has renewed his push to repeal the so-called Green Light Law, which allows undocumented immigrants to be issued state standard driver’s licenses. “This action is more necessary than ever,” Stec said in a statement. Stec said the risk of President Donald Trump withholding federal funding for states which issue driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants has changed the paradigm.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
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PLATTSBURGH — Rural communities such as the Village of Tupper Lake and Town of Chazy, which have sparse population, face daunting financial pressure to upgrade water and sewer systems to comply with state Department of Environmental Conservation requirements, said state Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay Lake). And the Assemblyman is trying to do something about it. Legislation On Jan.
