Tag: New York

As lawmakers pursue revenue and control over working activities, they should be careful that they risk hurting those in their communities who need work opportunities most. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Beltway Confidential

New York’s crackdown on dog-walking licenses is only hurting low-income workers

Patrice Lee Onwuka · July 21, 2017 7:03 pm

The GAO looked at four states that expanded Medicaid: Iowa, New York, Washington, and West Virginia. It found that in 2014, 1 in 3 expansion enrollees got behavioral health treatments. (AP Photo/Michael Noble)

Medicaid expansion boosted mental health coverage in four states

Robert King · July 21, 2017 5:52 pm

millionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is on the verge of pocketing $1.5 million in subsidies from Waco, Texas, on top of $1.5 million from McLennan County, which includes Waco, the Waco Tribune reports. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Is Elon Musk’s Washington-New York hyperloop worth it?

Tom Rogan · July 20, 2017 8:34 pm

Cuomo, by the way, has estimated his net worth to be somewhere around $2 million. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

Andrew Cuomo used campaign cash to buy Kirsten Gillibrand a Tiffany pen for her birthday

Emily Jashinsky · July 20, 2017 5:51 pm

Elon Musk said he's received verbal approval from the government to build an underground Hyperloop from Washington, D.C., to New York City. (Ben Macmahon/AAP Image via AP)

Elon Musk says he received ‘verbal’ government approval for Hyperloop from DC to New York

Melissa Quinn · July 20, 2017 4:07 pm

Browder allegedly stole a backpack and was sent to the adult facility of Rikers Island at the age of 16. During his three years at the facility, nearly two were spent in solitary confinement. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Beltway Confidential

Keep youth out of solitary confinement

Brian Bensimon · July 20, 2017 12:00 am

The grand jury investigation originated in Michigan and Minnesota. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Feds expand female genital mutilation probe to three major US cities

Anna Giaritelli · July 18, 2017 6:05 pm

In filing the brief, several attorneys general expressed concern that the investigation, led by Schneiderman and Healey, was being used as a tool to silence anyone who disagreed with their views on global climate change. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Beltway Confidential

In New York, a rogue attorney general promotes himself rather than justice

Peter Roff · July 12, 2017 12:00 am

The Knight First Amendment Institute is taking issue with Trump blocking various Twitter users from viewing his tweets. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

First Amendment group sues Trump over his use of Twitter

Ryan Lovelace · July 11, 2017 4:56 pm

The Office of Management and Budget director said President Trump's budget provides the best shot at passing a balanced one. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Taxpayers accuse National Endowment for the Arts of wanting Trump dead over Shakespeare in the Park play it didn’t fund

Kyle Feldscher · July 11, 2017 10:00 am

A battle between the natural gas industry and the state of New York heated up in court on Friday over what the industry argues is a misappropriation of state authority to block pipeline development. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Energy and Environment

Pipeline battle heats up in court between New York and industry

John Siciliano · July 8, 2017 12:31 am

Fuzzy History

Vincent Cannato · July 7, 2017 7:00 am