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Editorial: Pork by any other name Times Union Editorial Board FacebookTwitterEmail Pigs at farm. (Dreamstime/TNS)TNS Whether you call them member items, community projects or earmarks, it’s all fundamentally the same thing: pork-barrel spending. And it’s coming back to Congress in a big way. Before you dig out your old tea party hat and buttons from storage and look for a town meeting to disrupt, it’s worth taking a few moments to consider exactly what Congress is proposing here — a new and supposedly improved process for allowing members to tack spending items onto legislation. If th...

Created: March 02, 2021 06:37 PM ALBANY, N.Y. (WHEC) — Tuesday evening, the list of women accusing Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment stood at three. News10NBC spoke to a woman who spearheaded the first public hearing on sexual harassment in state government in almost three decades.  Prior to the public hearing, there had not been a hearing about sexual harassment in state government in 27 years.  Then a group of women who say they were harassed by powerful men changed that.  News10NBC "Following my assault, I thought about the options that lay before me," said Erica Vlad...

Capitol Confidential By Casey Seiler on December 28, 2020 at 3:00 PM The death Saturday of Adirondacks businessman Peter Hornbeck of an apparent heart attack after a hike with his family reminded some political insiders of the odd political circumstances a decade ago that allowed Republicans allied with certain members of the short-lived Democratic majority to block the environmental advocate from service on the board of commissioners of the Adirondack Park Agency. Hornbeck, an Olmsteadville resident whose company was known for its lightweight, easy-to-portage boats, was nomi...

Office for the eastern district of new york. because that work that work as a public servant was more meaningful to her than the cash that she was raking in at this private law firm. at the u.s. attorney's office she has had just an incredible career. she prosecuted one of the most high profile police abuse cases in new york city history. she won terrorism cases one after the other including against a man who planned to blow up the federal reserve. she busted a big, scary story. it was a ring of convenience store owners. this criminal ring that was bringing immigrants into the country and then...

this is the only time the first time since gallup started tracking the parties' images this way in 1992 that neither party has gotten to 40%. and you can see the way that it's changed for the two parties over time. this is favorable opinion for the democratic party in blue and the republican party in red. both parties have their ups and downs. 2005 was a particular low for the democrats. that was after john kerry failed to beat george w. bush in the presidential election in '04. only 46% of republicans viewed democrats favorably that year. it was an okay year for republicans. republi...