NEWS - APRIL 2004

• Study: Mandatory standardized testing before graduation has little effect on graduation rates (April 30, 2004)
  
  
• In op-ed, Senators argue that state Medicaid takeover could raise Long Island tax burden (April 30, 2004)
  
  
• New report assesses state's economic trends (April 28, 2004)
  
  
• Council: Empires Zones are New York's best job-creation tool; lawmakers should keep, and expand, the program (April 26, 2004)
  
  
• Business Council opposes Congressional efforts to enable even higher state and local taxes—this time, on the Internet (April 26, 2004)
  
  
• State officials to host sessions on restoration funding opportunities (April 22, 2004)
  
  
• Survey: New York's workers' comp costs limit growth, hiring, and investments—and drive jobs elsewhere (April 19, 2004)
  
  
• Another study, another measure, same result: New York's tax burden is nation's highest (April 8, 2004)
  
  
• Governor announces new workforce-development grants for manufacturers (April 8, 2004)
  
  
• Buffalo News editorial highlights dominance of government workers' unions in spending on lobbying (April 6, 2004)
  
  
• Regional business groups join campaign for cost-cutting Medicaid reforms (April 5, 2004)
  
  
• Study: Offshore outsourcing will create 18,000 jobs in New York by 2008 (April 2, 2004)
  
  
• Business, labor join call for higher-education matching grants
  
• Governor: No new taxes for school spending, and no extension of last year's income-tax surcharge (April 2, 2004)

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