Healthcare in the North Country. Chief Dolan is back.

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Chief Dolan is back

Fire Chief Joseph Dolan is fully back on the job this month, after two-years of legal wrangling and confusion, the Daily Gazette says. Dolan had been on paid administrative leave, but with his return to fire chief, the people filling temporary roles moved back to their permanent positions assistant fire chief, fire captain and fire lieutenant. Dolan had been on paid leave after he then-Commissioner James Montagnino accused Dolan of double-dipping, taking pay from the city and from other locations in New York at the same time when he went to train fire fighters elsewhere. Then-District Attorney Karen Heggen found no evidence of wrongdoing and did not bring charges.

GOP hopefuls see path to governor’s mansion

Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul’s campaign lead is narrowing against likely gubernatorial candidate U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, and Stefanik’s team, and others, is looking for a clear path to victory. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is also considering a run, a story in the Times Union says. The high cost of living and crime look to be two big issues in the campaign. The gubernatorial election is set for next year.

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Deported man, a resident of Glens Falls, is example of bigger issue

Some 220,000 people in the United States are “stateless,” meaning they have no country to call home, says a story in the Post-Star. The story highlights the case of Glens Falls resident Yuriy Zinovyev who was taken by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in part of their “removal campaign” and has since been sent to Kazakhstan, his home country, of sorts. The problem is that Zinovyev was never sent back under other presidential administrations because Kazakhstan had been part of the Soviet Union and he lost clear residential status when that happened. U.S. law has no clear legal way to handle people in his situation.

Locals join Philadelphia Orchestra

String instrument players hopped on stage with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra last Thursday, Aug. 21, as part of the eighth annual PlayIN event at SPAC, a story in the Daily Gazette says. They ranged in age from 6 to 80. Nick Kendall and Charles Yang, two of the members of string trio Time for Three, played Thursday night, but they sat in as well.

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North Country healthcare after cuts

The massive spending bill approved by Congress last month includes about a trillion dollars cut from Medicaid over the next 10 years, and that has left healthcare providers in the North Country grappling with how to react, North Country Public Radio says. Over 70 North Country healthcare workers and leaders have met over Zoom to talk about what comes next for the Healthcare Coalition for the North Country. A new work requirement in order to have access to Medicaid and cuts to benefits from federal and state agencies will leave the most desperate of the healthcare recipients even more desperate, especially since many do not yet know how the law changes will affect them, the story says.

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