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Counties in the News, November 5, 2018

Monday's news from counties across the state.

NATION
With 2020 Census Looming, Governments Face Many Unknowns

Update on the final federal agreement on comprehensive opioid response package

Securing Your Vote: Are the 2018 Elections Protected? It Depends

 
STATEWIDE

NY voting equipment braced for cascade of ballots, officials say

Absentee ballots in New York at 'presidential levels'

NEW YORK CITY
New York Today: Helping Women in Labor Vote
 
LONG ISLAND       

Suffolk County tops state in number of absentee ballots sent

Text-to-911 Capabilities Launch in Suffolk County, N.Y.

Curran to sue Nassau legislature over changes to $3B budget

Bellone moves to tap 'rainy day' fund

Students leave more than half of $3.1M in scholarship money on table

           
HUDSON VALLEY

Rockland unveiling monument for those who served in Gulf War/war on terror

Tobacco 21 is Now Law in Putnam County


CAPITAL

Rensselaer County to offer amnesty to N. Greenbush property owners affected by sewer district

Grant helps organization with push to rehab Albany

Warren County's 2019 budget calls for 2.9 percent spending hike

 
NORTH COUNTRY

Franklin County Legislature OKs insurance payments lien law

North Country Community College to ban all tobacco use on campus by 2020

County, city may have 5-year deal for dog control


MOHAWK VALLEY

Fulton County readies for ‘Raise the Age' law

A real life simulation of cybersecurity


SOUTHERN TIER

Governor Cuomo Announces Completion of $61.5 Million Modernization of Elmira Corning Regional Airport
 
CENTRAL NEW YORK

Tompkins County seeing impressive absentee ballot participation

Onondaga County Exec Ryan McMahon's oath: 'Folks, we need to do better' on poverty

Citizen preparedness course offered in Madison County

 
FINGER LAKES

Voter registration in Monroe County sets all-time record

Genesee County Chamber of Commerce reports bed tax revenue up, membership increase, local tourism payroll

Finger Lakes Tourism wins top honor

 
WESTERN NEW YORK

WNY officials ensure a secure election

Agency will provide free rides to polls for voters with disabilities in Erie County

Chautauqua historians to mark armistice centennial

State awards $500,000 to Niagara-Orleans Regional Land Improvement Corporation

State grant to pay for security upgrades at religious based institutions

 
 

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