In the days approaching April 1, the corridors and backrooms of the New York State Capitol tend to be filled with tension and chaos, as the governor, lawmakers and staff scramble to meet the deadline to pass a state budget that is as much a policy blueprint as it is a spending plan. This year […]
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Last spring, Randy White was shot in the stomach when he was caught in the crossfire of a gunfight at an Atlanta gas station. The injury kept him in the hospital for a week, but his mental state was paid little consideration. Discharged with no meaningful plan to deal with the psychological fallout that would […]
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New York State leaders have agreed on the outline of a $237 billion state budget that includes a sweeping package aimed at stemming one of the worst housing shortages in the nation. The deal, which was announced by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday, arrives two weeks past the April 1 budget deadline, following intense debates […]
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Back in, say, 2019, if a filmmaker signed a deal with Netflix, it meant that he or she would be well paid and receive complete creative freedom. Theatrical release? Not so much. Still, the paycheck and the latitude — and the potential to reach the streaming service’s huge subscriber base — helped compensate for the […]
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In September 1958, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was stabbed with a seven-inch steel letter opener. He had been autographing copies of his first book in Blumstein’s department store in Harlem. The woman who stabbed him was named Izola Ware Curry. When Dr. King found out she was schizophrenic, he harbored no ill […]
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For those who say that an on-time budget in New York State is about as likely as a solar eclipse, the odds on an eclipse are about to improve. The negotiations over the state budget, which was due on April 1, have stretched on for more than a week past the deadline as differences over […]
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South Carolina recently discovered that $1.8 billion of state money has been sitting in a bank account for more than five years, and no one seems to know its origin or what it was intended for. Now lawmakers are looking for answers, but the more they dig, the murkier it seems to get. Agencies and […]
Read More South Carolina recently discovered that $1.8 billion of state money has been sitting in a bank account for more than five years, and no one seems to know its origin or what it was intended for. Now lawmakers are looking for answers, but the more they dig, the murkier it seems to get. Agencies and […]
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