links for 2011-04-01

In April, officers will target motorists for tickets who use electronic devices, such as cellphones, while driving.

Here's an obviously pleased Gov. Cuomo speaking directly to the public about this morning's passage of the first on-time budget New York has seen in donkey's years, as Annie Proulx might say

Attention in the Senate could turn to pension reform and reducing the cost of unfunded state mandates on municipalities, Majority Leader Dean Skelos, R-Nassau County, said this morning.

But one thing they do know: Whatever the solution to the controversy over natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale turns out to be, professional geologists should be involved.

A former food supervisor for the State Department of Corrections has pleaded guilty to grand larceny charges.

Common Cause/NY Executive Director Susan Lerner told me during a CapTon interview that her organization is “looking at” a possible legal challenge over the Legislature’s decision to restrict public access to certain parts of the Capitol during last night’s budget vote.

Judge rules court has no jurisdiction to review the case after absentee ballot was already counted without first being challenged.