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This editorial appeared in the Press-Republican on July 7: PLATTSBURGH — For months on end, north country officials have been pleading with Canada to consider allowing some cross-border traffic to resume, but they haven’t had much success. Now, with U.S. Sen. Majority Leader Charles Schumer on board, hopefully some progress can be made soon as summer is now well underway. “For the last two months, we haven’t seen any progress and that is not acceptable,” Schumer said during a visit to Plattsburgh [July 6]. “It is unacceptable to have no progress when summer is th...

ALBANY — Senate Republicans on Tuesday pushed against proposed parole reform expected to pass before the session ends next week with eight bills to bolster the rules to release an

Some Democrats in Albany believe New Yorkers aren’t paying enough in taxes. They introduced the Climate and Community Investment Act into both the state Assembly and Senate. The legislation would impose a fee for greenhouse gas emissions upon fuel companies, and this fee would increase each year. “The idea hinges on a proposed $55 surcharge on every short ton of carbon dioxide emissions, or about every 100 gallons of gasoline burned across the state. That would add up to $15 billion per year,” according to a story published April 25 by the website for State and City New York. �...

Johnson Newspaper Corp. State Sen. Dan Stec raises concerns about home heating costs at a news conference in the state Capitol on Tuesday. (Photo provided by Stec’s office) ALBANY — State Senate Republicans pushed back against their Democratic colleagues Tuesday for a provision in proposed climate change legislation that would increase the cost of gasoline and home heating fuel. State Sen. Daniel Stec, R-Queensbury, joined the Senate Minority Conference to rail against the Climate and Community Investment Act that would establish a climate pollution fee or carbon tax expected to incr...

ALBANY — State Senate Republicans pushed back against their Democratic colleagues Tuesday for a provision in proposed climate change legislation that would increase the cost of gasoline and home heating fuel. State Sen. Daniel Stec, R-Queensbury, joined the Senate Minority Conference to rail against the Climate and Community Investment Act that would establish a climate pollution fee or carbon tax expected to increase gasoline prices 55 cents per gallon and heating costs by more than 25%. “I can’t think of a more regressive tax than taxing gasoline and heating oil,” Stec s...