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Thu Jun 22 2023

Double-digit rate hikes for NY gas, electric bills? What to know

Con Edison crews working on power lines in Thornwood Oct. 17, 2018.

Gas and electric utilities are seeking double-digit rate hikes to pay for NY's clean energy push and other upgrades.

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During the Covid-19 pandemic, as the nation has grappled with health and financial crises, many people across the country have seen their debts rise and their ability to pay them fall. As businesses cut back or closed, workers not only saw their income decline or disappear but also lost their medical insurance coverage. A Lending […]

NY bill would keep medical debt off credit reports. What to know

The Legislature approved a bill prohibiting the reporting of medical debt to credit reporting agencies. Now it requires Gov. Hochul's approval.

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First-graders practice mindfulness and dragon breathing as part of the social emotional learning curriculum at Springhurst Elementary School June 8, 2023.

Reading, writing, SEL: Hudson schools in on social-emotional learning

SEL has become another ubiquitous acronym in education. Social and emotional learning encompasses what educators call "life skills" to help kids cope.

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Indian Point Energy Center is seen on the Hudson River in Buchanan, N.Y., Monday, April 26, 2021.

Lawmakers OK bill to block Indian Point radioactive water discharge

With the Indian Point power plant no longer generating power, local communities are getting no benefits to offset risks from discharge, the bill states.

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Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., March 16, 2022. The Vermont Legislature passed reproductive and gender-affirming health care bills on Thursday, April 27, 2023, with a late addition aimed at protecting access to a medication widely used in abortions even if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration withdraws its approval of the pill, mifepristone.

NY doctors who prescribe abortion pills via telehealth shielded by new bill

The NY Senate and Assembly passed legislation that seeks to legally protect health providers serving patients seeking abortion pills via telehealth.

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