STATEWIDE
Should NY lawmakers give themselves a pay raise?

Tobacco foes smolder as plan cuts funding

LONG ISLAND
Suffolk water authority weighs wind power

NYC
Bloomberg, in a Visit to Albany, Has Nothing but Praise for Cuomo

MTA to keep rolling with trash program

HUDSON VALLEY
Hein takes gloves off with “mud and flood” DEP reservoir battle

Molinaro names two to top Dutchess positions

NYSDOT & NYSTA Announce On-Time Completion & Release of Tappan Zee Bridge Draft Environmental Impact Statement

CAPITAL
C-GCC officials vow to follow the money through Legislature

NORTH COUNTRY
County tax bills alarm residents

North Country economic forecast bright for 2012: Unemployment to decline as employers start hiring

MOHAWK VALLEY
County Budget Funds New Elementary School, Delays SVHS Upgrades

SOUTHERN TIER
Steuben accepts state, federal funds for county’s homeless

Tier shows some gains for economy, experts say

CENTRAL NEW YORK
Future of Birds Eye’s Central New York site ‘promising’

Unemployment numbers improve in 2011, still a long way to go

FINGER LAKES
Grant would fund new skilled nursing home in Ontario County

WESTERN NEW YORK
Poloncarz Testifies at Joint Legislative Public Hearing on 2012-13 Executive Budget Proposal

Governor, Lawmakers Need to Do What’s Best (Editorial)

Panel backs sale of nursing services to Catholic Health