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NY to Limit Acceptance of Welfare Debit Cards
NY to Limit Acceptance of Welfare Debit Cards
NY to Limit Acceptance of Welfare Debit Cards
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's new budget contains amendments to social services law intended to keep welfare recipients from spending government money on alcohol, gambling or strippers. The measure, scheduled to take effect at the end of May, prohibits gaming facilities, liquor stores, adult entertainment venues and some other retail outlets from accepting electronic benefit transfers from public
Herkimer County Sergeant Wins National Award
Herkimer County Sergeant Wins National Award
Herkimer County Sergeant Wins National Award
ROME, N.Y. (AP) — A member of the New York Air National Guard has been named the Air National Guard's Honor Guard Program Member of the Year. New York National Guard officials say Tech. Sgt. Amy Ough of West Winfield in Herkimer County has won the national award for her dedication to performing honor guard duties while assigned to the Eastern Air Defense Sector...
Gillibrand Seeks Funds to Battle Campus Sexual Assaults
Gillibrand Seeks Funds to Battle Campus Sexual Assaults
Gillibrand Seeks Funds to Battle Campus Sexual Assaults
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is among 10 senators seeking new federal funding to battle campus sexual assaults. Gillibrand and Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri released a bipartisan letter Friday to the leadership of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education...
NYPIRG Claims Auto Insurers Overcharging  Low Income Customers
NYPIRG Claims Auto Insurers Overcharging Low Income Customers
NYPIRG Claims Auto Insurers Overcharging Low Income Customers
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A consumer watchdog group says New York's largest auto insurers are using education level and occupation to set rates, charging blue collar workers more for the same policy than college educated professionals. Andy Morrison, a consumer advocate who worked on the report from the New York Public Interest Research Group, says the practice is unfair to minorities and low-income wor
Weather Watches, Warnings and Advisories Throughout Central NY
Weather Watches, Warnings and Advisories Throughout Central NY
Weather Watches, Warnings and Advisories Throughout Central NY
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued flood watches and warnings and winter weather advisories for central New York as a storm brings heavy rain, along with snow and ice through parts of the state. A flood watch was in effect through Sunday evening and into Monday morning in some places with flooding possible in low-lying and poor drainage areas...
Upstate College to Offer Course on Miley Cyrus
Upstate College to Offer Course on Miley Cyrus
Upstate College to Offer Course on Miley Cyrus
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — A college in upstate New York is offering a summer course on Miley Cyrus, but the professor teaching the class says students won't be required to twerk. The Saratogian newspaper reports that the course will be offered by Skidmore College, a private, liberal arts college in Saratoga Springs...

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