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	<title>Unshackle Upstate Blog</title>
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		<title>Coming Up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The State Board of Regents meets on June 17 and 18 in Albany.
The 2013 Legislative Session is scheduled to end on Thursday, June 20.
Tuesday, June 25 is the Buffalo Niagara Partnership’s Annual Report to Members.

				
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		<link>http://blog.unshackleupstate.com/2013/06/coming-up-55/</link>
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		<title>City &amp; State’s 40 Under 40</title>
		<description><![CDATA[City &#38; State NY released its “40 Under 40” list of the rising starts of politics and government in Albany.
Unshackle Upstate congratulates Tom Stebbins, who serves as Executive Director of the Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York (LRANY).
Unshackle is on the Board of Directors of LRANY, and Tom is doing a good job in trying [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.unshackleupstate.com/2013/06/city-state%e2%80%99s-40-under-40/</link>
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		<title>How Many Jobs Were Created in New York Last Year?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Click here for a graphic showing job creation on a state-by-state basis.
The answer:  not enough.

				
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		<link>http://blog.unshackleupstate.com/2013/06/how-many-jobs-were-created-in-new-york-last-year/</link>
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		<title>Governor, Legislature Agree to Restore Funding for People With Development Disabilities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday, Gov. Cuomo indicated that he has agreed to restore funding – which was cut in the current state budget – to nonprofit organizations that provide services for people with developmental disabilities.
The 2013-14 state budget included a $90 million cut to the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD).  The new agreement will ensure [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.unshackleupstate.com/2013/06/governor-legislature-agree-to-restore-funding-for-people-with-development-disabilities/</link>
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		<title>Governor, Seneca Nation Announce Agreement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Gov. Cuomo and Seneca Nation President Snyder announced an agreement to resolve their long-running dispute over gambling revenues and related issues.  The agreement is the third in the last four weeks that the state has reached with Indian Nations or tribes.
Under the agreement, New York State recognizes and reconfirms the Seneca Nation’s gaming [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.unshackleupstate.com/2013/06/governor-seneca-nation-announce-agreement/</link>
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		<title>Public Campaign Financing Proposal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, Gov. Cuomo released the Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2013 (Governor’s Program Bill #12), which would put in place a publicly-financed campaign finance program.
Eligible campaign donations would be matched by the state at a rate of $6 for each $1 donated, up to a maximum contribution of $175.  The bill would also require [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.unshackleupstate.com/2013/06/public-campaign-financing-proposal/</link>
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		<title>Tax Free Communities Bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Monday, Gov. Cuomo released the bill language from his Tax-Free Communities proposal, which was originally called Tax-Free NY. The proposal, which was originally intended to use Upstate SUNY campuses as engines of economic development, now includes some tax-free business development opportunities in New York City and its surrounding counties.
Generally, the proposal would allow for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.unshackleupstate.com/2013/06/tax-free-communities-bill/</link>
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		<title>2013 Legislative Session Coming to a Close</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the 2013 legislative session scheduled to end this coming Thursday, a number of high-profile issues remain under consideration.  Among the unresolved issues are casino gambling, an economic development initiative that would create tax-free business development zones in conjunction with colleges and universities throughout the state, a women’s equality bill, public financing of campaigns, reform [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.unshackleupstate.com/2013/06/2013-legislative-session-coming-to-a-close/</link>
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		<title>Now They Want to Waste Private Dollars Too?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our partner, the Associated Builders &#38; Contractors (ABC), is having a difficult time with a  provision in the Governor’s Casino Gaming bill.  Specifically, the provision that calls for a private developer to pay prevailing wages and use a PLA for all construction of the said new casinos.  Are you serious?  Now the state is going [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.unshackleupstate.com/2013/06/now-they-want-to-waste-private-dollars-too/</link>
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		<title>The Stupidest Law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New York can claim it&#8217;s &#8220;open for business&#8221; but businesses know better, and taxpayers do too. In fact, every state in the country knows better than New York when it comes to the Scaffold Law. Liability insurance costs have doubled in two years, where costs and accidents have continued to decline in states that have [...]]]></description>
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