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Got the blues: NY, California will lose a combined 6 House seats after 2030, census figures analysis shows By Carl Campanile and Alex Oliveira Jan. 27, 2026 – Read on NY Post It’s the blue state blues. Democratic strongholds New York and California are expected to lose a massive amount of DC voting power after 2030 as hundreds […]

Justin Wilcox – Special to the USA TODAY Network Jan. 16, 2026 Energy policy is poised to take center stage nationally in 2026. Here in New York, it already has — largely because of dramatic cost increases imposed on ratepayers and the negative impact on economic development driven by state policy choices and legislative mandates. Affordability can […]

January 15, 2026 – Matt Glynn Read on the Buffalo News here. Gov. Kathy Hochul is calling for utilities to be clear about what customers are paying for in their bills. Some utilities say they agree – but for a different reason. They argue that there should be more transparency on how the cost of state […]

December 26, 2025 – Read on the Rochester Business Journal here. Upstate New Yorkers understand the word “affordability.” We routinely debate the soaring cost of housing, utility bills, and property taxes. Yet, in these crucial conversations, the single largest threat to household budgets and small business viability, the cost of healthcare, often gets relegated to […]

The utility companies aren’t to blame. Neither is the Public Service Commission. The state’s climate mandates are driving up costs. By Justin Wilcox, For the Times Union Dec 23, 2025 As utility bills rise across New York, state lawmakers are bracing for a problem of their own making. They see how frustrated ratepayers are with […]

December 23, 2025 Read on the Press Republican website here. ALBANY — On Monday, lawmakers and advocates across the state held a virtual press conference to celebrate Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to sign legislation repealing the 100-foot rule. The 100-foot rule is a policy that allows gas corporations to charge customers each year to expand […]

Dec. 18, 2025 – Read on Syarcuse.com here. The future of artificial intelligence is a race for power, and the companies leading the next wave of AI development say the real bottleneck isn’t hardware, but electricity and the infrastructure to deliver it. If New York fails to invest in its electric grid, it won’t just […]

The 15-year energy plan focuses on advancing nuclear energy and potentially retooling aging gas plants By Ezra Bitterman, Staff Writer Dec 16, 2025 Read on the Times Union website here. ALBANY — A more than 1,000-page state Energy Plan finalized by state officials on Tuesday included a slogan that has become a new catchphrase on how […]

Read at Mid-Hudson News here. Dear Editor, New York is a place where world-class businesses are born, but too often they’re raised elsewhere. For years, we’ve been sounding the alarm, and now a recent report by The Business Council of New York State confirmed what New York’s businesses, both big and small, have been saying for years: overregulation […]

By Carl Campanile – Published Dec. 1, 2025 Read on the NYPost.com here. It’s been one big, green goof. The Empire State’s green energy push has been a pie-in-the-sky bust as politicians hit the brakes on their alternate energy goals — and New Yorkers get sticker shock from ever-soaring utility bills, a scathing new report found. The […]