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ALBANY, NY – New York State Senator Daphne Jordan (R,C,I-Halfmoon) and her Senate Republican colleagues today called on all New Yorkers to get involved and submit official public comment on the Climate Action Council’s (CAC) draft Scoping Plan and radical efforts to eliminate reliable, affordable sources of energy.

WORTHINGTON -- With the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources facing major deficits, members of the department spoke to area residents Thursday night at the Elks Lodge about the struggles of maintaining service and enforcement in southwest Mi...

Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee has released his proposed budget for the 2022-2023 fiscal year — a total of $12.8 billion in spending.

By Editor | January 7, 2021 | During a November 9, 2020, meeting of the Weakley County Fiber Research Committee, local farmer David Parham addressed the board, stressing the need for a countywide fiber internet infrastructure. Parham said internet is a necessity for his chicken barns and soybean operation after he recently invested $1.8 million for a chicken barn operation in the county. He said the barns rely on internet to connect with one another. BY DAVID FISHER david@dresdenenterprise.com...

A public access person. i think the public land should be available to america and the public. >> shannon: my next question. they are upset with you about increase -- fee increases. "the fee increases you propose are a serious concern. we believe its especially problematic for your department to propose the increases at the same time that the trump administration is recommending slashing national park service funding levels than holding a virtual fire sales of our public resources at the low mar...

A public access person. i think the public land should be available to america and the public. >> shannon: my next question. they are upset with you about increase -- fee increases. "the fee increases you propose are a serious concern. we believe its especially problematic for your department to propose the increases at the same time that the trump administration is recommending slashing national park service funding levels than holding a virtual fire sales of our public resources at the low mar...

Move on to other things and let 2014 be all about obamacare? >> thats right. i mean, dont get me wrong, there will be plenty of republicans in the senate who will vote against this, who think that its a lame deal, that its inefficient, they dont like some of the fee increases in it, but theyre not going to -- theres not going to be some giant pre-christmas filibuster, i dont think, against this budget deal. they dont want talk of budget anxieties, showdown possibilities, government shutdown in j...

Another $20 billion in cuts to the defense side of the budget. that is because of a kind of peculiarity of the way sequestration works. in 2014 the defense spending caps were going to have to come down another $20 billion. there are a lot of republicans in both houses that didnt like that. as you both mentioned, were talking about $65 billion less in spending cuts under sequestration. so the spending caps go up that much. now, interestingly, theres another 20 or so billion above that that theyre...

We were especially confused, however, when it comes to the lack of accountability. especially at a time when the cost of attending ucla is so high. >> talk about that a little bit, you ran for student body president and college affordability was actually part of your platform. im a graduate of the uc system, and im from california, i know whats been going on there in recent years with college tuition, but a lot of our viewers may not be familiar with the tuition situation there. why is this such...

Hiking the fees. any traveler nos they can nickel and dime you for every thing these days. >> airlines made 52 different fee changes last year and 36 of those were direct fee increases. most only cost 5-10 dollars but they add up. they spent 6 billion on airline fees last year. if you are looking for a spring escape on the cheap. southwest airlines round trip tickets starting $98 on short routes. longer routes cost a little bit more. we are going to show you the breakdown. if you are traveling a...