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House ready to vote on latest short-term government funding bill
House Democrats unveiled a new stopgap spending measure Monday that would fund the federal government through early next month and avert a shutdown.
Made out like bandits: NY prisoners got $34M in federal COVID stimulus funds
A total of 26,232 stimulus checks were received by inmates in New York state prisons through September, according to the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.
MTA getting over $6B in COVID relief money — but funding challenges remain
The US Department of Transportation has sent the MTA over $6 billion, nearly half of the $14 billion in COVID-19 relief money allocated for the agency in pandemic rescue packages.
Hochul's office walks back statements regarding mask-mandate 'spot checks'
Gov. Kathy Hochul's office on Monday night walked back comments she made earlier in the day regarding enforcement of her controversial, private-sector mask mandate.
Biden to the rescue: Embattled prez signs stopgap spending bill, federal gov't open until Feb. 18
The Senate passed the measure Thursday night after a Republican bid to block federal funds from being used to implement vaccine mandates fell short.
Hochul's playing politics with the MTA at the city's expense
In a grim return to politics as usual, Gov. Kathy Hochul is messing with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in a bid to boost her chances in next year's Democratic gubernatorial...
Letter confirms Wuhan lab's COVID-19 leak was funded by US taxpayers
A letter from the National Institutes of Health, who are led by Anthony Fauci, suggests COVID-19 was man-made from multiple varients of coronavirus -- all on the US taxpayer’s dime,...
COVID-19 still rages, but some US states reject federal funds to help
Idaho's experience illustrates how political ideology and polarization around the COVID-19 epidemic have played a role in the decision of mostly conservative states to reject some federal funding meant to...
Seeing the light: Joel Osteen's megachurch to return $4.4M in PPP loans
The church's PPP payments came under scrutiny last December. Lakewood -- the nation's largest megachurch -- has 368 full-time and part-time employees.
Senate votes to replenish Highway Trust Fund
The Senate voted Saturday to temporarily replenish the Highway Trust Fund, just hours after the House passed an emergency stopgap funding measure.
MTA facing fiscal peril if infrastructure bill does not pass: DiNapoli
The MTA faces dire fiscal straits when COVID-19 emergency funding dries up, and may be forced to scale back needed repairs if Congress fails to pass the $1.2 trillion bipartisan...
Could a new Republican bill save campus free speech?
Rep. Greg Murphy's Campus Free Speech Restoration Act shows promise at holding public universities accountable for censoring free speech and stopping discriminatory rules that protect radical adminstrators.
Cuomo 'worrying about his freakin' political future,' instead of New York: pols
Disgraced Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his staff are focused on their political careers instead of dealing with pressing state issues like the botched $2.6 billion rent relief program, say critics...
Dems' disgraceful war on schools that actually teach poor, minority children
Charter schools are by far the most successful innovation in public education of the last half-century — notably, the first to regularly offer first-rate schooling to lower-income, urban black and...
De Blasio downplays NYC shootings and defends not hiring more cops
Mayor Bill de Blasio downplayed the surge in shootings in the city as he backed his decision to not hire more cops with $6 billion in COVID-19 relief.
Curtis Sliwa says de Blasio won't hire more cops because he's a 'police hater'
GOP mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa blasted the $98.7 billion city budget, which added just $200 million to the NYPD for overtime and IT after $1 billion was slashed last year.
Wuhan lab was to get $1.5M in federal grant money for bat study, emails show
The Wuhan Institute of Virology was given more than twice in federal grant money than chief White House medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci indicated to lawmakers last week, newly released...
'Blank check' Bill: Experts slam de Blasio's handling of $3B in fed education funds
Mayor de Blasio is treating $3 billion in federal stimulus money for schools like a “blank check,” according to budget experts.
Navajo Nation surpasses Cherokee to become largest US tribe
The numbers matter because tribes often are allocated money based on their number of citizens.
Comptroller: MTA's COVID debt could slow $54.8B repair plan
The MTA borrowed $2.9 billion to cover operating expenses during COVID-19 -- and state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli says that added debt could force officials to shrink or delay their $54.8...