Good afternoon — It’s Thursday, and Argentina Independence Day.
Hey y’all! It’s Tim.
I hope it’s sunny where you are, because stormclouds are forming over whether or not Gov. Kathy Hochul decides opt into a taxpayer-funded private school voucher program.
Next, I’ve got an update on the federal even-year Election Law lawsuit filed by state Republicans.
I’ve also learned something interesting about the Historic Business Preservation Registry that I wanted to share.
We close out the newsletter with a host of rules and regs touching on communicable disease reporting, heat maps and conflicts of interests within the attorney general’s office.
Names in today’s CapCon: Kathy Hochul, Donald J. Trump, Sydney Altfield, Tim Walz, Charles E. Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, Hakeem Jeffries, Gary R. Brown, Matt Slater, John T. McDonald III
Gov. Kathy Hochul during a news conference at NYSUT Headquarters in Colonie last year (Will Waldron/Times Union)
🏫 Hochul weighs Trump school-choice tax credit
The governor is sitting on a decision that could reshape how millions of dollars flow through New York’s education system.
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