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Tuesday’s Briefing: The Governor’s Moment

Governor David Paterson tonight makes the most significant speech of his short tenure.  He’s confronting a crisis in the state budget and will say the money’s just not there to do everything that was planned.  His warning:  hard times are coming, particularly for state employees. […]

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Monday’s Briefing: 3 Men In A Room, Again

It’s like a Broadway play.  The Albany hit, “3 Men In A Room” is back for another season, though there’s been a cast change.  The plot’s the same familiar one you’ve come to know and love, though — there’s a crisis and we’ll only know at the finale whether all three men have overcome their conflicts to create a happy ending.  That story’s the top one in our roundup of the day’s news from around the state. […]

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Wednesday’s Briefing: Spitzer’s Scandal Widens

For political reporters, Eliot Spitzer’s politically fatal sex scandal is the gift that keeps giving.  In the dead of the post-legislative season, there’s something to write about, and it’s about sex, money and tragedy.  Atop today’s roundup of news from around the state, we’ll tell you why the former Governor’s story is far from done even though his career is over. […]