Tag: New York

The New York Circuit Court decision also reaffirmed that states can require that all children be vaccinated to attend public school. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Supreme Court won’t hear anti-vaccine case

Jason Russell · October 6, 2015 8:44 pm

All of the bills to lower costs wereÂ filed earlier thisÂ year, but so far none hasÂ advanced out of their respective legislative committees.Â (AP Photo/Kelley McCall)

States try to rein in pricey drugs

Robert King · October 3, 2015 10:28 am

Democrats eye raising smoking age to 21

Curt Mills · September 30, 2015 5:56 pm

Feel Safe: Your Governments Are Protecting You

Irwin M. Stelzer · September 30, 2015 3:41 pm

Cuomo claims that taxpayers are subsidizing the fast food industry through any public assistance its workers receive from the state. (AP File Photo)

Cuomo’s $15/hour fast food folly

Chris Covucci · September 29, 2015 4:01 am

There's a "a very strong case" for raising rates as long as economic growth continues on its current trend, said William Dudley, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg)

Fed official: Rate hike ‘probably’ coming this year

Joseph Lawler · September 28, 2015 2:59 pm

Lawsuit alleges the magazine defamed her when it published a later-retracted article of an alleged gang-rape. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Beltway Confidential

Advocates want black mark on college transcripts for campus sexual assault

Ashe Schow · September 25, 2015 5:07 pm

Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, talks with a man after receiving his petition for help outside his house in northeastern Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

National Security

Report: U.S. spied on Iran in NYC

Kelly Cohen · September 23, 2015 4:30 pm

$Many activists are concerned about the negative aspects of fracking, such as air and water pollution, earthquakes and impacts on personal health. (AP Photo)$ Energy and Environment

Top Colorado court to consider towns’ fracking bans

Kyle Feldscher · September 22, 2015 10:59 pm

Auroras Encore, left, riden by Ryan Mania goes on to win after jumping Becher's Brook during the Grand National horse race at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool, England, Saturday April 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

Beltway Confidential

New York gave education money to scandal-plagued horseracing group

Jason Russell · September 15, 2015 4:14 pm

NYPD Commissioner William J. Bratton maintains that the arrest was because of how similar James Blake looked to the suspect, but not because of his skin color. (AP Photo)Â

NYPD releases video of James Blake arrest

Kelly Cohen · September 11, 2015 8:36 pm

ESPN Remembers ‘The Pitch’

Michael Warren · September 11, 2015 2:04 pm