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A growing number of influential democrats believe State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s weak standing makes him ripe for a primary challenge in two years and former governor Eliot Spitzer has resurfaced as a possible opponent.

A combination of high crude prices, refinery shutdowns, and early speculation has sent gas prices soaring to seasonal highs earlier than usual this year and with no signs of prices at the pump falling until spring, according to recent estimates.

For the first time in nearly 600 years, the head of the Catholic Church is resigning. Pope Benedict XVI announced the decision in Latin in Rome early Monday morning.

A rally to save second amendment rights brought about 100 people to Norwich to protest New York’s SAFE Act on Saturday. Many speakers took the podium to express their thoughts on the legislation. Assemblyman Cliff Crouch spoke of a person’s constitutional right to bear arms and it’s a right they don’t want to lose.

Over 150 local union laborers rallied in Binghamton with one message last week: ‘It’s time for new jobs; it’s time for new economic growth; it’s time for safe natural gas drilling."

Raising the minimum wage, a divisive partisan issue in 2012, now seems ripe for compromise. Recent comments by some business groups and the leading Republican in the state senate indicate several opportunities to compromise on the $8.75 per hour minimum wage proposed by Governor Andrew Cuomo in this year's state budget.

All highway paving projects funded through the NY Works program are complete. The program included replacing pavement at 172 sites across New York State, including approximately 2,157 miles of state roadways, as part of $229.9 million in contracts.

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer is calling on other legislators to push through a bill intended to curb violence against women.

The Catskill Regional Teacher Center hosted the ninth annual legislative forum Thursday afternoon at the Bugbee School. Area legislators were there to answer questions and talk with educators. Among the legislators were: Senator James Seward's chief of staff Duncan Davie, U.S. Congressman Chris Gibson, Assemblymen Bill Magee, Cliff Crouch and Pete Lopez.

New York State Police in Oneonta and Richfield Springs conducted an underage drinker initiative detail utilizing two underage operatives at 16 different convenience stores in Otsego and Delaware counties on Feb. 3.