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Lawmakers in special session in Albany cut more than $420 million from the state budget... Greening up cleaning up... And the ABCs of packing for a semester in the Adirondacks - and off the grid.
Lawmakers return to Albany to cut the state budget they approved only a few months ago... We hear lessons learned at an obesity summit in Lake Placid... And we talk with New York State Democratic Party chair June O'Neill about the upcoming convention and boosting poll numbers of presumptive nominee Barack Obama.
Governor Paterson convenes an economic dream team to tackle the state's growing deficit... Kirsten Gillebrand hosts a conference in Lake Placid on childhood obesity... A look at how some native tribes are trying to reclaim what they consider ancestral land... And Potsdam is about to have a blast. Several, actually, as engineers work to build a hydro-electric generator in the Raquette River.
The Sagamore Resort in Bolton Landing is sold... Fort Ticonderoga struggles to stay open... And Governor Paterson is losing some long-time allies over his proposal to cap the property taxes that fund public schools and other social services.
A possible advance in the fight against a deadly fish virus... The North Country's newest Wal-Mart Super Center opens - to mixed reaction - in Potsdam... And Democratic Congresswoman Kirstin Gillibrand says she hopes voters in the North Country will help 're-hire' her for another two-year term.
General Motors says Massena's power train plant will stay open, for now... Sandy Treadwell talks about his run against first-term incumbent Kiersten Gillibrand in New York's 20th Congressional district... And a look at a new movie - set in the North Country and filmed at Akwesasne - about human smuggling across the frozen St Lawrence River.
Violence erupts in Montreal after a police shooting... We look at the potential for switchgrass to become a major cash crop in the North Country... And people in the U.S. are becoming increasingly segregated - not by race or class - but ideology.
The rain keeps falling in the North Country - leaving the region vulnerable to major damage... A road in Westport has already washed out... Governor Paterson recommends $1 billion in cuts to state spending... Senator Charles Schumer came to the Adirondacks last week to talk about his efforts trying to limit acid rain inside the Blue Line and across the northeastern U.S... And the median sale price of homes in Jefferson, Lewis and St Lawrence Counties are up - bucking state and national trends.
Governor Paterson's proposal to cap property taxes is approved by the state Senate... A new study finds "swish & spit" is enough to prevent invasive species from coming up the St Lawrence Seaway... And the debate over continued landings of float planes on Lows Lake in the Adirondacks.
State legislators are returning to Albany to wrestle with a cap on property taxes... Suing the state over economic development grants... A North Country race for Congress is taking shape... And this summer's dramatic cloud formations - and stormy weather - explained.
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