State Unions Reject Concession Offer In Connecticut
A union vote sank a $2 billion labor concessions deal that Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy was relying on to balance the budget, and he has called lawmakers back in session next week.
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A union vote sank a $2 billion labor concessions deal that Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy was relying on to balance the budget, and he has called lawmakers back in session next week.
Lawmakers say it's possible the Republican-controlled Senate could call a vote on the same-sex marriage bill just after midnight Friday morning.
Saying he believed the Defense of Marriage Act was "wrong" and "unfair," the President added his voice to the debate still raging in Albany over a bill allowing same-sex marriage.
The divisive bill passed 46-32 with support from all Republicans who were present and a smattering of Democrats.
Thousands of unionized public workers protested outside the Statehouse against legislation that would require a half-million government employees to make sharply higher health care and pension contributions.
There were passionate protests on Wednesday and still no vote on same-sex marriage from the Senate. Republicans, who control the vote, have yet to decide if they want one -- or when.
When it comes to parking tickets, make them fair, and make them less aggravating. That's what the City Council is asking the Bloomberg administration to do with the thousands of tickets issued each day.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie heads to North Jersey to hold his 20th town hall of the year as big issues loom at the Statehouse. Wednesday's town hall event is being held at the Fair Lawn Community Center.
When the state of Florida nixed federal funding, nearly $1 billion was set aside for the New York area's rail needs.
The boy said he was tied to a chair and forced to have sexual contact with two older teens and a 30-year-old man. All three of the accused have been charged only with misdemeanors.
New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers head Fernando Mateo organized the Wednesday protest. He said it's an unfair pressure tactic to get drivers to negotiate on a bill being considered in Albany.
The suit by New Jersey Physicians Inc. challenges the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's requirement that citizens purchase health care insurance.
The 32 Republicans meeting will decide, maybe as soon as Wednesday, whether to send a bill approving same-sex marriage to the floor for a full vote.
Anthony Weiner is officially joining the ranks of the unemployed. The disgraced New York congressman's resignation letter, submitted Monday, states he will leave office at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday.
While there has been talk of Westchester County facing a budget deficit in 2011, county legislators announced that they were actually able to return $67.3 million to the fund ballots.
