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Monday, April 08, 2013  President Barack Obama says the contentious debate over gun control measures "shouldn't be about politics." He's warning Republican lawmakers against using delay tactics to sink legislation.

Monday, April 01, 2013  Connecticut lawmakers have reached a deal on what they're calling some of the toughest gun laws in the country that were proposed after the mass school shooting in the state in December.

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  A Republican lawmaker from upstate New York has apologized for likening Gov. Andrew Cuomo to the dictators Hitler and Mussolini while criticizing how new, stricter gun laws were pushed through the Legislature last month.

Monday, January 28, 2013  Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner joined mayors from across New York in Albany today.

Thursday, June 14, 2012  Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos says New York will ban youths 16 years old and younger from indoor tanning booths.

Thursday, June 14, 2012  New York lawmakers have passed legislation that would require minors to get parental consent for body piercings other than their ears.

Friday, May 11, 2012  New York state representatives are considering a bill that would ban indoor tanning for anyone under 18 years old.

Tuesday, May 01, 2012  Onondaga County Lawmakers are again demanding that OCC releases all the financial information related to events that are brought into SRC Arena, and the not for profit organization organized to help run the stadium.

Tuesday, May 01, 2012  Congresswoman Ann Marie Buerkle hosted a town hall meeting in Geddes.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012  Bobby Davis and Mike Lang are pushing for a bill that has languished in the Legislature to create a one-year grace period for sex abuse accusations that would previously have been barred by current law.

Monday, February 06, 2012  A new poll finds more than two-thirds of New Yorkers oppose a pay hike for state lawmakers and the governor.

Friday, January 27, 2012  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is making a case to raise his staff's pay as the Assembly considers raises for lawmakers and shortly after he froze wages of union workers.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012  New York State lawmakers haven't had a pay raise in the last 13 years, not since 1999.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says his mostly flat budget proposal of about $132 billion is a tool for shaping a new future for the state.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012  State lawmakers are now looking to make laws against legal marijuana like Happy Shaman. A bill is expected to be introduced in the Assembly.