New
York State schools need an additional $9.5 billion in spending
over the next four years if they are to provide every student
the opportunity for a "sound basic education" as
required by the state Constitution, an advocacy group said
ALBANYElementary schools in Cortland, Erie, Westchester, Steuben,
Yates, and Nassau counties will receive The Business Council's 2004 Pathfinder
Award in separate ceremonies in March. The award honors schools that show
high improvement from one year to the next as measured by their students'
scores on state tests
The Alliance For Quality Health Care (AQHC) has issued its
second annual New York State Hospital Quality Indicators Report
Card for hospitals statewide. The report card is an independent
source of information for consumers and community leaders
concerned about health care quality and value
National
Fuel Gas Company plans to expand its natural gas pipeline
operations to serve new markets in New York and the Northeast
by extending the Empire State Pipeline.
This
extension project will provide an upstream supply link for
the Millennium phase I pipeline and will transport natural
gas supplies to downstream customers, including KeySpan Energy
Corp
New York State could cut Medicaid expenses by $4.6 billion
without reducing the program's effectiveness, according to
a new report from the Citizens Budget Commission (CBC).
“Medicaid costs are overwhelming counties across New
York State,” said Diana Fortuna, president of CBC
The
state Senate majority has proposed creating a health insurance
tax credit that would help many businesses with 50 or fewer
employees provide health insurance for their employees.
The
tax credit is the centerpiece of what the Republican majority
called "a comprehensive plan to make health insurance more
affordable and to provide coverage for hundreds of thousands
of New Yorkers who are now uninsured
Businesses in New Jersey, still recovering from huge corporate
tax increases in 2002, will pay about $325 million more in
business taxes under the 2005 state budget, according to a
new report by the New Jersey Business and Industry Association
(NJBIA)
The
Assembly Labor Committee split along party lines in voting
on moving a new union-backed bill that would substantially
increase workers' compensation benefits without introducing
any much-needed reforms.
In
a Feb
ALBANYTwenty-four
New York State elementary schools in all parts of the state will receive
the highest honor given to schools by New York State's private sector:
the 2004 Pathfinder Award. The Business Council gives this award each
year to honor schools that show marked improvement from one year to the
next on students' standardized test scores
The
Business Council has launched a new Web-based electronic-advocacy
campaign to show lawmakers the strong statewide support for
cost-cutting workers' compensation reform.
The
Council launched the initiative Feb