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Opinion

OPINION: It’s Always a Good Time to Focus on Heart Health

T  here is never a bad time to   ecommit to healthy cardiovascu-  ar dietary and exercise habits, but American Heart Month in February offered an especially great opportunity to actively consider some creative ways to improve overall heart health. As we prepare to head into the warmer, sunnier spring weather, there are lots of ways […]

OPINION: New York’s Medicaid Shuffle Will Devastate Localities

As the New York State executive budget proposal inches closer to a final product, its insufficiencies and impacts become clearer. One area of especially great concern is Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to intercept federal funding meant to help offset localities’ Medicaid costs. Under the governor’s plan, more than $624 million in federal money earmarked for

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OPINION: Plenty of Work Ahead as State-Budget Process Begins

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s executive budget proposal, delivered recently, sets another record high for state spending. But while spending big, the $227 billion proposal falls short on specific measures designed to reduce our cost of living. To put the plan in context, Gov. Hochul is calling for 50 percent more in spending than the proposed budget in

OPINION: It’s time to do away with the debt ceiling

Here we go again. The United States crashed through the nation’s debt ceiling on Jan. 19, according to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. For now, the government is relying on accounting tweaks and shifting money from one pot to another to pay the bills. But that only works for so long. Soon, Congress will have

OPINION: A Lawmaker’s Impossible Task

I don’t remember when it first occurred to me after arriving in Washington, D.C. many years ago that at its heart, being a member of Congress meant never being entirely satisfied. And that this state of affairs is baked into our form of government. But despite moments of immense fulfillment, it remained a central tension

OPINION: It’s now or never for Congress to cut spending

Discretionary spending has risen by nearly $357 billion — a 26 percent jump to $1.7 trillion — since fiscal year 2019, according to data compiled by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This was in response to the COVID pandemic in 2020 and increases in transportation and defense spending.  This includes a $90

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