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Friday, April 9, 2021 - 1:18 pm New York State Senators Joseph Griffo, R-I-C-Rome and Patty Ritchie, R-I-C-Heuvelton, both released statements this week critical of the recently passed 2021-22 state budget. Griffo released the following statement: “While the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a number of challenges, the budget negotiated by the legislative majorities contains historic levels of spending that, on top of a significant infusion of federal funding, will lead to pot...

( Albany, NY) Today, the Senate Majority will pass its one-house budget resolution that delivers emergency aid to help New York recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and invests in a brighter, more equitable future by fully funding essential services and putting more money in the pockets of working and middle-class families. The Senate resolution increases total school aid by $5.7 billion, provides billions in residential and commercial rental and foreclosure assistance, restores critical funding ...

Observer-Dispatch More than four years after a voter referendum required the city to spend $5 million annually on street repairs, the Utica Common Council is weighing a second consecutive year of reduced spending.  During its Jan. 20 meeting, the council discussed legislation to cut street repair spending to $3 million. Last year, the city budget approved $3 million on street repairs due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The pandemic remains a concern, as the city administration warned the council o...

ALBANY — State lawmakers questioned leading transportation officials Tuesday in the first of several hearings about the proposed 2021-22 budget after requests from localities for years to increase state funding to improve local streets and highways. The joint state Legislature commenced 13 days of bi-cameral hearings Tuesday on the state’s proposed $192.9 billion 2021-22 spending plan. State officials project a $39 billion revenue loss over four years because of the COVID-19 pandemic,...

As Cuomo Banks on Federal Funds, Localities Grow Nervous New York counties face spending cuts totalling $163 million from school districts, libraries, nonprofits and human services for low-income families if the multibillion federal aid that Gov. Cuomo is expecting doesn’t happen. Tom Precious, The Buffalo News   |   January 25, 2021   |  Analysis (TNS) — Receive from above, take from below. Such is the essence of one theme of the 2021...

The Hawk Eye HAMILTON, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Transportation announced the 2021/26 Highway Improvement Program will fund improvements to the Keokuk/Hamilton bridge over the Mississippi River that connects the two towns in Iowa and Illinois.  The project is expected to raise the expanse leading up the the bridge on the Hamilton side, which has flooded for decades due to poor drainage, said Belynda Allen, Hancock County Economy Development executive director, who believes the improv...

/ MyRadioLink.com Rebuilding Illinois: Multiple projects tackled in 2020 DECATUR – The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that multiple projects in the Decatur area are completed, underway or extending into future construction seasons, highlighting an ongoing commitment made possible by Gov. JB Pritzker’s Rebuild Illinois. In the Decatur area alone, five major projects represent a total investment of $35 million for the region, with $30 million coming from the historic a...

/ MyRadioLink.com For Immediate Release – December 22, 2020 Rebuilding Illinois: Multiple projects tackled in 2020 CHAMPAIGN-URBANA – The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that multiple projects in the Champaign-Urbana area are completed, underway or extending into future construction seasons, highlighting an ongoing commitment made possible by Gov. JB Pritzker’s Rebuild Illinois. Just in the Champaign-Urbana area, seven major projects represent a total investment of ...