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Counties in the News, August 6, 2018

Monday's news from counties across the state. 

NYSAC
Plastic bags — the 'environmental scourge' 
(Editorial)
 

NATION
On Drug Prices, Trump Administration Sends Mixed Messages
Cops Wearing Cameras: What Happens When Privacy and Accountability Collide?
 

STATEWIDE
Bill would add bereavement to NY paid family leave
Long-awaited study examines New York Health Act

NEW YORK CITY
How Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx have powered the boom
 

LONG ISLAND       
Bellone, Curran Attend SuffolkSHARE Intermunicipal Procurement Conference
Help for Suffolk homebuyers with student debt
           

HUDSON VALLEY
Rate hike proposed for parking at Ulster County Office Building in Uptown Kingston
Latimer Reaches Deal With NYS Nurses Association
Prison nurseries give incarcerated mothers a chance to raise their babies — behind bars
Ulster County bans gay conversion ‘therapy'
Proposed County Law Would Raise Smoking Age to 21

CAPITAL
Proposal would require holding period for pawn shops in Rensselaer County
 

NORTH COUNTRY
Cuomo coming to Saranac Lake Tuesday
People Project continues to grow in St. Lawrence County
Local sales tax collections are up in N.Y.

MOHAWK VALLEY
Public invited to tour Herkimer County Jail
State offers local farmers grants of up to $50K

SOUTHERN TIER
NY Senators announce nearly $25k in funding for local fire department
Eastern Broome EMS applies for grant to improve efficiency
New jobs and business check in to Corning
 

CENTRAL NEW YORK
Most Central New York schools shortchanged by state math error
 

FINGER LAKES
Making County Road 16 safer for walkers, bicyclists
Will Ontario County join Tobacco 21?
Local juniors explore county, state government process
 

WESTERN NEW YORK
Number of Whooping Cough Cases on the Rise in Erie County this Summer
Western New York Agencies to Receive Funds to Combat Elder Abuse
 

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