At its meeting earlier today, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) approved new regulations that will govern New York’s lobbying industry. This process started almost a year –and-a-half ago […]
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Health Headlines for Tuesday, April 24
Legislative hearing on aid-in-dying bill attracts big crowds AP News Hundreds of people on both sides of the debate over physician-assisted suicide traveled to Albany on Monday for a hearing […]
Plugged In @ Hinman Straub – April 24, 2018
Coverage of Albany and New York State government Working Families Party Leaders Endorses Nixon For Governor Governor Signs Executive Order Restoring Voting Rights to Paroled Felons State Senate Democrats Reunify […]
JCOPE to Meet Tuesday, April 24 @ 10:30
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE), the state’s ethics and lobbying regulator, holds its next meeting tomorrow at 10:30 am. The meeting agenda is here; the meeting will be […]
Health Headlines for Monday, April 23
Centene Receives Regulatory Approval For The Fidelis Care Transaction From New York Department Of Health And New York Department Of Financial Services PR Newswire Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC) announced today […]
Health Headlines for Thursday, April 19
New data: Americans filling far fewer opioid prescriptions AP News The number of prescriptions for opioid painkillers filled in the U.S. fell dramatically last year, showing their biggest drop in […]
Plugged In @ Hinman Straub – April 18, 2018
Lawmakers Return to Albany After Post-Budget Break as Senate Democrats Reunite Governor Appears at Labor Events Governor Proposes Legislation to Institute a Salary History Ban to Close the Gender Wage […]
Health Headlines for Wednesday, April 18
New York state okays three health expansions Buffalo Business First Three area health care projects in Buffalo and Chautauqua will proceed, after receiving approvals from the state Department of Health. […]
Health Headlines for Tuesday, April 17
Opioid crisis hitting close to home Saratogian Health More than half of New Yorkers have been personally affected by opioid abuse, according to the first of a four-part poll on […]
Health Headlines for Monday, April 16
Where the ACA health insurance exchanges stand in 2018 Modern Health Care The Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges have proven to be quite sturdy despite a barrage of federal […]