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Ocasio-Cortez plans to back Statehood for Upstate NY in primary challenge to Schumer

March 31, 2021

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez plans to primary United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in the 2022 Democratic Party Primary contest — during which, she intends to endorse statehood for upstate and Western New York, a source familiar with her thinking

The American Rescue Plan’s likely cost is way more than $1.9 trillion

March 4, 2021

BY ALEX BRILL The Senate is poised to consider President Biden’s American Rescue Plan, an elaborate bill recently passed by the House of Representatives through the budget reconciliation process at an estimated cost of $1.9 trillion over the coming decade. However, as

Surge of child migrants prompts health crisis in border communities

March 4, 2021

A huge surge in illegal immigrant minors is prompting a health emergency on the southern border and surrounding communities, igniting “grave concern” among federal lawmakers who are calling on the Biden administration to “prevent the impeding catastrophe.” In a letter to Homeland

Zombies firms could complicate the strong post-pandemic economy

March 4, 2021

BY JAMES PETHOKOUKIS What sort of shape is the American economy in after a year of the pandemic? Maybe better than you might guess. Even better than many economists might have guessed. As the econ

Proposed wealth taxes come with a wealth of worrisome potential trade-offs

March 4, 2021

BY JAMES PETHOKOUKIS President Biden’s campaign tax plan was full of tax increases, some $3 trillion worth. But a wealth tax wasn’t one of them. And, according to The New York Times, a wealth tax is “not among

The massive new infrastructure bill proposed by President Joe Biden makes more than two trillion dollars available to remake the American infrastructure system — and Western New York stands to be appropriated billions. The federal government will fund 80% of

Pat Whalen floated to lead NYDOT in Hochul administration

March 27, 2021

Buffalo businessman Patrick Whalen is being floated to lead the New York State Department of Transportation in the likely event that Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul will replace the increasingly embattled Governor Andrew Cuomo. Whalen is a longtime civic leader who

State reduced funding for public health in decade before pandemic

March 4, 2021

Sharp reductions in state funding for core public health functions over the past decade may have weakened New York’s defenses against the coronavirus pandemic, according to testimony delivered today by Bill Hammond, the Empire Center’s senior fellow for health policy.

Judicial Watch sues for Solyndra records of Biden’s Chief of Staff Ron Klain

March 4, 2021

Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Office of Management and Budget and the U.S. Department of Energy to obtain records of communications between Ron Klain, who is now President Biden’s chief of

Senator asks IRS to strip conservative group of nonprofit status over COVID-19

March 4, 2021

Reminiscent of the Obama Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) witch hunt of conservative groups, a U.S. Senator who sits on the committee that oversees the tax agency is pushing it to revoke a student charity’s nonprofit status. The veteran lawmaker, Rhode

Agency that oversees nuclear labs fails to revoke former employees’ security clearance

March 4, 2021

The government agency that oversees the nation’s nuclear laboratories and the highly classified material they house often does not revoke the security clearance of employees and contractors after they leave, potentially compromising national security. The failure involves the Department of

American Rescue Plan includes massive commitments to universal child care

March 4, 2021

BY KATHARINE B. STEVENS Last Saturday, the US House of Representatives narrowly passed the massive $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, now under consideration in the Senate. The so-called “COVID-19 relief package” includes multiple childcare provisions: $39 billion to address “an acute, immediate childcare

New Fauci emails detail WHO accommodations to Chinese confidentiality terms

March 4, 2021

Judicial Watch announced today that it and the Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF) received 301 pages of emails and other records of Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. H. Clifford Lane from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services showing that

Biden to reopen overflow shelter for influx of unaccompanied migrant children

March 4, 2021

An increase in illegal immigrant minors crossing into the United States from Mexico is evidently forcing the government to reopen a costly and short-lived residential shelter as an overflow facility. With a capacity of about 1,300, the camp is situated

Professor charged with stealing $1.75 million in research for China

March 4, 2021

Communist China has long benefitted from American-funded research stolen by Chinese academics who infiltrate colleges throughout the United States. This month a criminal indictment sheds light on a recent scheme allegedly masterminded by a Chinese professor at one of the nation’s top-ranked

Despite pandemic, Mexican cartels remain criminal threat to U.S.

March 4, 2021

Mexican cartels adjusted to restrictions imposed by the global pandemic last year to smuggle huge amounts of narcotics into the U.S. and remain the greatest criminal drug threat to the country, expanding the market as methamphetamine deaths skyrocket. The government

COVID vaccinations in the Osage Nation take universal approach

March 4, 2021

Last year, I wrote about how, during the COVID-19 epidemic, we risked repeating some of the nation’s historical injustices and abuses toward Native Americans, usually taking the form of unwarranted interference and active harm. At the time, Native Americans had

Schumer promises Indian Tribes permanent use of Old Senate Chamber

February 12, 2021

NCAI announces curriculum partnership with Lumina Foundation to support tribal civics education

January 21, 2021

Last week, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) announced a partnership with Lumina Foundation to support the expansion of tribally-designed and driven K-12 curriculum in public schools, as well as funding to support opportunities for American Indian and Alaska

Niagara Falls has infrastructure needs too, Senator Kennedy

Ocasio-Cortez plans to back Statehood for Upstate NY in primary challenge to Schumer

Former AG Vacco may join Hochul’s gubernatorial administration as General Counsel

Pat Whalen floated to lead NYDOT in Hochul administration

Camille Brandon to lead Hochul’s gubernatorial campaign

Ocasio-Cortez plans to back Statehood for Upstate NY in primary challenge to Schumer

The American Rescue Plan’s likely cost is way more than $1.9 trillion

Surge of child migrants prompts health crisis in border communities

Zombies firms could complicate the strong post-pandemic economy

Proposed wealth taxes come with a wealth of worrisome potential trade-offs

Postal Service’s performance declined last year

FCC’s emergency broadband benefit attracts praise, criticism

Romney floats ‘child allowance’ in reform of child tax credit

Should Europe really be leading the world on tech policy?

With Cuomo’s impeachment looming, Hochul begins transition planning

Niagara Falls has infrastructure needs too, Senator Kennedy

Pat Whalen floated to lead NYDOT in Hochul administration

State reduced funding for public health in decade before pandemic

Judicial Watch sues for Solyndra records of Biden’s Chief of Staff Ron Klain

Senator asks IRS to strip conservative group of nonprofit status over COVID-19

Agency that oversees nuclear labs fails to revoke former employees’ security clearance

American Rescue Plan includes massive commitments to universal child care

New Fauci emails detail WHO accommodations to Chinese confidentiality terms

Biden to reopen overflow shelter for influx of unaccompanied migrant children

Professor charged with stealing $1.75 million in research for China

Despite pandemic, Mexican cartels remain criminal threat to U.S.

Canadians beg Queen Elizabeth to reject Trudeau’s next recommendation for Governor General

Ricchiazzi wants Seneca Tribal Council to adopt an urban design plan for sovereign Niagara Falls territory

COVID vaccinations in the Osage Nation take universal approach

Schumer promises Indian Tribes permanent use of Old Senate Chamber

NCAI announces curriculum partnership with Lumina Foundation to support tribal civics education

PETHOKOUKIS: That Senate parliamentarian did Democrats a favor

ORRELL: What is the CDC waiting for on workplace masking?

ABRAMS: Trump did not extinguish the American dream

McMAHON: State budget shaping up as embarrassment of riches—for now

HAMMOND: COVID mortality patterns must inform nursing home regulation in New York