Month: October 2019

BY KARLYN BOWMAN In this issue of AEI’s Political Report, we examine interest in the presidential campaign, how Democrats are thinking about the Democratic contest, whether their minds are made up, and how the general election looks 13 months out.

BY BETH AKERS The Narrative “[My plan] forgives all student debt and ends the absurdity of sentencing an entire generation to a lifetime of debt for the ‘crime’ of getting a college education.”[1] — Bernie Sanders“The result [of rising college

Judicial Watch announced that a federal court will soon rule on whether Hillary Clinton and her top aide can be questioned under oath by Judicial Watch lawyers about the email and Benghazi controversies. The court has already granted additional discovery

Judicial Watch announced today it filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits against the State and Treasury Departments seeking documents related to consideration by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) of investments in the U.S. by

BY E.J. McMAHON The billions of dollars funneled from New York’s treasury to movie and TV producers had no statistically significant impact on the industry’s employment in the Empire State through 2017, according to a new multi-state study of such tax incentives.

BY KEN GIRARDIN The raw politics behind giveaways to building trade unions were on display last week in Troy, a city outside Albany. The Troy City Council on October 3 voted unanimously to require contractors bidding on projects priced at more than

Corrections Department employees qualified for average pensions of nearly $70,000, the highest average benefit for any agency grouping among the 7,990 New York City Employee Retirement System (NYCERS) members collecting their first full year’s worth of pension benefits in 2018,

BY CAITLIN GILLIGAN New York school districts are missing out on non-taxpayer revenue due to antiquated legal restrictions, according to a new report from the Empire Center for Public Policy. Selling advertising and naming rights on school properties is widely seen as

The budget crisis in New York’s Medicaid program stems from the failure of a key cost-control measure adopted during Governor Andrew Cuomo’s first term, according to a new report from the Empire Center for Public Policy. In 2011, Cuomo and the Legislature

Sources are telling The Buffalo Chronicle that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s accuser has been in talks with a private attorney for more than a week, discussing a heated sexual relationship that began and ended more than 18 years ago, when the young

BY NOBERT RUG I have peripheral neuropathy from chemotherapy. This is customarily associated with symptoms like numbness pain, and tingling but there are other symptoms as well. The peripheral nervous system is composed of three different types of nerves. They

BY NORBERT RUG The day I decided to live my life to the fullest, to seize the day, and stop coasting through life was the day I was diagnosed with cancer over ten years ago. When my doctor informed me

Less than two weeks ahead of federal elections that have already been looking conclusively grim for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, rumors of an explosive sex scandal are percolating at the highest echelons of Canada’s media establishment. Ottawa’s longest-tenured political observers

Niagara Falls and New York State Parks are regional assets as well as a cash cow to New York State.  Despite this fact, two influential politicians — with the ability to deliver — have not lived up to their billings

Senator Elizabeth Warren, a leading contender for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, is being accused of engaging in a months-long sexual relationship with Ty Whelly, a married 24-year former Marine and bodybuilder who lives in the Washington, DC area. Whelly

Almost 100 New Yorkers Have Fallen Ill From Vaporizer Use In Recent Months, With 12 Deaths Across The U.S.; Youth Vaping At Epidemic Level—According To NYS, More Than A Quarter Of NY High-Schoolers Use E-Cigs  Flanked by public health experts

A Department of Defense Report Shows That Service Member Suicide Rates Spiked in 2018 After Rising Steadily for the Last Five Years Following a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) report released yesterday that showed a spike in military suicides, U.S. Senator Kirsten

In recent weeks, Rep. Tom Reed has announced a $1,293,388 grant to fund lead abatement in the City of Elmira, funded through HUD’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes.  The money will help the city of Elmira reduce lead-based