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Saturday, April 10, 2021 - 8:18 am BY JIMMY LAWTON North Country This Week New York State's record-breaking $212 billion budget sends a lot of money to a lot of places that need funding, but Assemblyman Mark Walczyk, R-Watertown, questions the long-term impact of increasing spending by $36 billion in a single year. Weeks before the budget passed, Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned of a $16 billion gap, then $5 billion in new revenues were found and the federal government bolstered state coffers to the tune of $28.5 million. The end result? New York lawmakers went into the budget se...

Pushed too far? Watertown fire chief troubled by data from fallen recruit’s training Pushed too far? Watertown fire chief troubled by data from fallen recruit’s training WWNY By Jeff Cole | April 7, 2021 at 4:00 PM EDT - Updated April 7 at 7:01 PM WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - Despite calls to do so, the state’s attorney general won’t investigate the death of Watertown firefighter Peyton Morse. We’ve also learned Watertown’s fire chief has data from Morse’s breathing apparatus that makes him worry his recruit may have been pushed too far at the training faci...

ALBANY — Senators and members of the Assembly on Tuesday persisted with hours of debate about taxing the rich, requiring nursing homes to spend 70% of revenue on patient care and other budget policies with the intent of passing the 2021-22 state spending plan six days late. The state’s historic $212 billion spending plan includes a provision to legalize mobile sports betting; a new program to map the state’s availability and cost of high-speed internet services; $29.5 billion in school aid; $29 billion to grow the state’s green infrastructure and economy; a $105 million ex...

Your Turn: feedback on Walczyk tweet, cemetery vandalism & heroic sisters Your Turn (Source: WWNY) By Diane Rutherford | April 5, 2021 at 1:57 PM EDT - Updated April 5 at 1:57 PM WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - A tweet from Assemblyman Mark Walczyk drew criticism after he made a reference to the late state budget, and insinuated the New York Assembly was high: Please people, get a life! Everyone is always OFFENDED! Sharee Heutz Tomaselli David Lane Justin White The town of Theresa is seeking the public’s help in finding who vandalized Oakwood Cemetery: Anyone who would do this is a sick in...

Three north country lawmakers voted against the law that legalized marijuana in the state.