ROME SENTINEL: Contest, $25M award highlight week at AFRL

April 16, 2022 6:30 am Friday capped off a weeklong challenge helmed by the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate, and Griffiss Institute — the 2022 Annual Challenge Competition at the Innovare Advancement Center. “The Challenge Competition is an annual competitive STEM initiative for local high school students. It is held during a week when […]

ROME SENTINEL: Stefanik announces $1M grant for Lewis County General Hospital

April 15, 2022 6:30 pm WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-21, Schuylerville on Wednesday announced Lewis County General Hospital will receive a $1 million in a Rural Development grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). “Lewis County General Hospital is critical to providing essential healthcare services to families in rural communities, and this […]

ROME SENTINEL: Stefanik campaign files signatures

April 6, 2022, 8:30 PM SARATOGA — Citing the efforts of more than 1,000 grassroots volunteers throughout the 18 counties of the 21st Congressional District, Republican incumbent Elise Stefanik re-election campaign has filed nominating petitions with more than 11,000 signatures from voters for the Republican and Conservative Party lines for the general election in November. […]

SUN COMMUNITY NEWS: Stefanik cosponsors legislation to protect family farms, businesses

April 6, 2022, 1:30 PM WASHINGTON, D.C. | U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik has cosponsored a bipartisan resolution recognizing the important role of the stepped-up basis in preserving family-owned farms, ranches, and small businesses. The stepped-up basis is a long-standing provision in the tax code that protects heirs from paying capital gains taxes on inherited assets […]

NORTH COUNTRY NOW: Rep. Stefanik calls on Hochul to repeal bail reform policies

April 6, 2022, 6:10am North Country Congresswoman Elise Stefanik led the New York Republican delegation in sending a letter calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to completely repeal New York’s bail reform policies and enact a “dangerousness standard” that allows judges to thoroughly consider the danger an individual poses to the community when making bail or […]

FOX BUSINESS: Rep. Jeffries says oil execs must show ‘patriotism’ and cut prices, as GOP says Dems ‘own this energy crisis’

April 5, 2022, By Marisa Schultz, Tyler Olson House Democrats Tuesday doubled down on blaming Russian PresidentVladimir Putinand “price gouging”oilexecutives for high gas prices, as Republicans saidPresident Biden‘s energy policies are at fault. New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, urged oil and gas executives to “show some patriotism” by passing […]

POST STAR: House vote to decriminalize marijuana criticized by some

April 5, 2022, By Maury Thompson U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, criticized legislation that passed the House late last week to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level. “The soft-on-crime approach to this legislation would incentivize bad actors and transnational criminal organizations to flood our communities with drugs,” Stefanik said in a statement on Tuesday, responding […]

THE HILL: Cuomo’s possible comeback bid puts Democrats on edge

April 3, 2022, 3:29 PM, By Tal Axelrod Andrew Cuomohas New York Democrats biting their nails as he considers a disruptive entry into the state’s gubernatorial race, threatening to turn it into one of the nation’s most acrimonious midterm contests. In remarks, a television ad blitz and renewed public appearances, the formergovernor, who resigned in […]