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In Today’s CapCon, state lawmakers say they want to revive two bills to strengthen protections for sexual assault survivors following the alleged incident at Cornell.
Then, a group backing the packaging reduction bill tried tracking Starbucks cups to see if they were actually being recycled. We sent Starbucks the results. Here’s what they said and what the group said back.
Later, two newly amended bills seek to lower costs by breaking up ownership silos in the healthcare industry where insurers can own pharmacies and providers.
Names in today’s CapCon: Judith Enck, Kathy Hochul, Nathalia Fernandez, Jeffrey Dinowitz, Jamaal Bailey, Lea Webb, Joseph R. Biden, Donald J. Trump, Michelle Hinchey
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