US Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand pledged support Tuesday for replacing the Inner Loop via a sweeping federal infrastructure plan.
Kirsten Gillibrand
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High stakes in Maxwell vs Morelle
Most voters in Monroe County know who Joe Morelle is. He’s spent the past 30 years in elected office, the vast majority of them in the State Assembly. Morelle has had a seat there since 1991 and has served as its majority leader – second in command to the speaker – since 2013. But this […]
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Election Day 2018
For today: Everything you need to know for the upcoming November 6th election day. And tonight: we’ll post results here after the polls close.
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[UPDATED] Keystone XL bill fails in Senate
UPDATED November 19 — The bill that would have approved the Keystone XL pipeline, S2280, didn’t reach the 60-vote threshold it needed to pass. The bill failed with 59 yes votes and 41 no votes. Original post: The US Senate is about to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, a project that climate change activists have […]
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Good. Old. Boys.
How wonderful to see so many male politicians standing up for women’s rights. Governor Cuomo has been on a statewide tour, pushing his Women’s Equality Act, which attacks human trafficking, sexual harassment, and employment and housing discrimination. A couple of weeks ago, Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver spoke out at a Women’s Equality Coalition rally in […]
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ELECTIONS 2012: Gillibrand has earned second term
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Manhattan attorney Wendy Long are graduates of Dartmouth. They’re not far apart in age, and they’re both working mothers. But the similarities between Gillibrand and Long, her Republican challenger, end there. Gillibrand, a Democrat, was sworn into the US Senate in January 2009, filling the seat once held by Secretary of […]
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A boost for Rochester riverfront development?
The Vacuum Oil industrial site in southwest Rochester typified the city’s manufacturing muscle in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when busy factories dotted the area. But the now-rundown 25-acre collection of public and private properties on the west bank of the Genesee River at Flint Street could see a revival. A bill sponsored […]
