On October 19th New York State’s environmental agency will begin enforcing a ban on single use plastic bags at grocery stores and other retailers.
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Supporters and opponents of plastic bag ban find fault with proposed state regulations
After March 1, grocery stores, clothing shops, big-box retailers and others in the state will no longer offer single-use plastic bags to shoppers.
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Buying power
A new report from the New York Public Interest Research Group says that state legislators representing the Rochester region relied heavily on campaign donations from lobbying and special interest groups in 2012. | The report says the 18 legislators representing counties in the Rochester region brought in $2.1 million from lobbying firms and their clients, […]
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Report: lobbyists and interests generous to area legislators
A new New York Public Interest Research Group report says that New York legislators representing the Rochester region relied heavily on campaign donations from lobbying and special interest groups in 2012. The report says that the 18 legislators representing counties in the Rochester region brought in $2.1 million from lobbying firms and their clients, business […]
