Pataki proposes sweeping New York tax cut plan
Governor Pataki released details of a broad income tax reduction promising $700 million in savings this year and $6.8 billion by 1998. The plan would shrink the top rate from 7.875% to 7.5% now and 5.9% by 1998, raise the standard deduction, and remove about 50 000 taxpayers from the rolls this year and 200 000 by 1998, pending Legislature approval.
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Lawmakers fear cuts threaten care and education programs
Lawmakers warn drastic spending cuts could harm aid for the poor and curb education. Assemblymembers Bernard Mahoney and Michael Bragman voice concern over potential SUNY tuition hikes, a raid on a $340 million pension fund, and cuts to home care and arts funding. Hoffmann notes lobbying by arts groups as executives and providers brace for budget changes.
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Elected officials total over half a million in US
The 1992 Census of Governments counts 511,039 elected officeholders nationwide, up from 497,155 five years earlier. Most are in state and local governments with 18,828 positions in states and 491,669 in 84,955 localities. Two thirds sit in legislative bodies. 24 percent of local officials are women, led by school boards at 31 percent.
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Vet designs own atomic bomb stamp in protest
Vietnam veteran Gerry Newhouse printed 1,800 decorative stamps after the Postal Service scrapped a WWII stamp showing the atomic mushroom cloud. His design features a B-29 silhouette and the phrase Atomic bombs end WWI, reflecting his view on government pressure from the White House and Japan.
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Four men claim hero credit for rescuing children
In San Francisco on January 21 Nina Davis escaped a third floor fire after leaping from a window. A bystander caught three of her children as they fell. Four men now claim to be the rescuer, while the mayor’s office has not yet named who will receive the commendation. Davis was hospitalized.
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Nina Davis
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Frank Jordan
Denver Cop Breaks In And Discusses High Crime Home Lease
Tyrone Campbell, a Denver officer, is the first to settle in a high crime neighborhood under a city loan program. He purchased a 1907 Victor Casile house near City Park but was burglarized last week. Campbell praises the program as exactly what he wanted.
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