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Monday September 17, 2007
Hillary Clinton's Mandatory Insurance Proposal Is Wrong For America
Hillary Clinton’s health care plan has frightening echoes of her disastrous socialized medicine proposal from a decade ago.
Mukasey Will Make An Excellent Attorney General
President Bush has advanced a strong, highly qualified candidate for Attorney General in Michael B. Mukasey. He is well regarded throughout New York’s legal community for his professionalism, fairness, and extensive legal experience.
Study Challenges Assumption that Private Colleges Make Better Faculty Workplaces
Faculty at public colleges and universities rate tenure clarity, the clarity of performance expectations, and the reasonableness of those expectations higher than faculty at private institutions, according to a survey of nearly 7,000 junior facult...
PEF Endorses Hillary Clinton for President
The New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF), the state’s largest white-collar union and second-largest state-employee union, today announced its support of Hillary Clinton to become the next President of the United States.
Binghamton University Researchers Investigate Evolving Malaria Resistance
Funded by a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), scientists at Binghamton University, State University of New York, hope to understand how the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum evolved resistance to the once-effect...
DEC Announces Free Fishing Clinics in New York City
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s I FISH NY program will hold two free fishing events this fall. Each clinic begins with an educational session followed by fishing. Instructions, rods, and bait are all provided.
CHC Announces Free Emergency Preparedness Programs in English and Spanish
Community Health Care Services Foundation, Inc., (CHC), today announced the availability of three Emergency Preparedness programs in English and Spanish that provide preparedness training for home care workers and community volunteers responding t...
State Officials Laud Court Ruling in Wal-Mart Case
State officials today hailed a federal court ruling that ensures children will get needed health care coverage from a stepparent’s employer regardless of which parent the child lives with.
2007 Hope Vigil to Remember and Honor the Lives of Those Who Have Completed Suicide
People from across the state will join one another at the 2007 Hope Vigil at the Desmond Hotel and Conference Center in Albany on October 14, 2007. The Hope Vigil is an annual event to remember and honor the lives of those who have completed suic...
Roofers Recruit Apprentices
The United Union of Roofers and Waterproofers Joint Apprenticeship Committee, Local 154, will conduct recruitment through September 3, 2008 for eight apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today.
Carpenters Recruit Apprentices
The Empire State Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, Local 66, will conduct recruitment from September 19, 2007 through September 18, 2008 for three carpenter apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced to...
Canal Corporation Announces Scheduled Lockings to Help Conserve Water
The New York State Canal Corporation today announced that effective 7 a.m. on Tuesday, September 18, locks E-7 (Niskayuna, Schenectady County) through E-20 (Marcy, Oneida County) on the Erie Canal will be operated on a modified schedule for recrea...