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Here are your local morning news headlines for Wednesday, May 26, 2021.

Event Description With the state budget behind us, lawmakers are set to act on their remaining priorities for the legislative session. These regional forums offer a chance to hear from legislators on their top policy priorities. We’ll touch on topics such as the ongoing response to COVID-19, curbing high prescription drug costs, retirement security, long term care reform, ways to make housing more affordable for an older population, and other pressing topics. Speakers New York...

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jwhittaker@post-journal.com New York businesses will be paying more into the state’s unemployment insurance fund in 2020 than they did in 2021. According to Bloomberg News, 2020 unemployment insurance tax rates ranged from 0.6% to 7.9%. This year, they will range from 2.1% to 9.9%, according to the state Labor Department website. The state took out a $4 billion loan from the federal government for unemployment in April 2020, and Assemblyman Andrew Goodell, R-Jamestown, noted the state budg...

jwhittaker@post-journal.com New York businesses will be paying more into the state’s unemployment insurance fund in 2020 than they did in 2021. According to Bloomberg News, 2020 unemployment insurance tax rates ranged from 0.6% to 7.9%. This year, they will range from 2.1% to 9.9%, according to the state Labor Department website. The state took out a $4 billion loan from the federal government for unemployment in April 2020, and Assemblyman Andrew Goodell, R-Jamestown, noted the state budg...

Alabama has legalized medical marijuana. The state’s Senate approved the bill, sponsored by Sen. Tim Melson, in a 21-8 vote on Wednesday. The bill was approved by the state’s Senate committee earlier this month and sent to the full floor for review. The legislation allows people with qualifying conditions to utilize cannabis for therapeutic reasons. Upon establishing Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission, which will count 11 members, patients will be free to qualify for the program. In additi...

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers on Monday unanimously approved spending plans...

Fingerlakes1.com Menu Have a tip for the newsroom, press release, local event listing or digital content to share? Send it here. Support our mission by visiting patreon.com/fl1 and becoming a monthly subscriber. New York State Senator Tom O’Mara used his recent appointment as ranking member on the Senate Finance Committee to express the need for more funding of local roads and bridges. In particular, Upstate-Downstate spending parity on bridges and roads. He says infrastructure in the Finger ...

Gov. Steve Sisolak’s recommended state budget calls for a total of $31.39 billion over the coming two years when all revenue sources are counted. Susan Brown, the head of the Governor’s Office of Finance, presented...

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