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Albany, Glens Falls among Regions Adding Jobs in New York

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09/15/2017

The Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York, metro area added 400 private-sector jobs in August, up 0.1 percent from August 2016. In the Glens Falls metropolitan area, 200 jobs were created in the same period.

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Patient Voices: Childhood Cancer

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09/15/2017

Cancer is the leading cause of disease-related death among children ages 15 and younger.

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The Questionable Ethic of an Opt-Out for Recurring Donations: A Caution for Nonprofits

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09/15/2017

Forget the fact that the nonprofit in question here is the Committee to Defend the President; its practice of automatically signing donors up for recurring donations has, according to BuzzFeed News, landed it in trouble with its donors, who are...

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The 10 Companies with the Best CSR Reputations in 2017

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09/15/2017

A recent analysis of 170,000 company ratings from respondents in 15 countries sheds light on which are perceived by consumers as the most socially responsible.

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Google Bows out of the “Bidding for Addicts” Business

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09/15/2017

Google Bows out of the “Bidding for Addicts” Business As addiction has grown, so have for-profit rehab centers, from those sponsored by massive corporations to little fly-by-night endeavors. Many of them, to judge by recent...

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MCC Signs $500M Compact with Nepal to Improve Power and Roads

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09/15/2017

The Millennium Challenge Corp. signed a $500 million compact with Nepal on Thursday, the agency’s first compact in South Asia and a symbol, said some at the ceremony, of Nepal’s progress toward democracy.

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Watchdog Group Claims MTA Mistakenly Signed off on $42M Towers with No Use

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09/15/2017

The MTA is facing accusations that it unwittingly funded “decorative” towers worth $42 million at bridges and tunnels, as part of Gov. Cuomo’s open-road tolling project.

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MTA Boss Joe Lhota Still Wants De Blasio to Provide Half of $836M Subway Fix Costs

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09/15/2017

Despite the subway mayhem Thursday morning, MTA Chairman Joe Lhota says he’s started to see a reduction in delays now that his transit turnaround plan has been underway for about two months.

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Northeast Needs Trump Commitment to Gateway Project

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09/15/2017

After decades working in New York City real estate, Trump likely knows the two deteriorating, century-old train tunnels between New York and New Jersey threaten economic disaster and paralysis for the region and the nation.

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Report Finds U.S. Racial Wealth Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace

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09/15/2017

According to a new study coauthored by two Washington, D.C. nonprofit think tanks, Prosperity Now (formerly CFED) and the Institute for Policy Studies, America’s already large racial wealth gap, far from narrowing, will grow ever wider in the years...

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