Research

Governor Hochul’s budget office has yet to release the statutorily required mid-year financial plan update of the state’s fiscal outlook. Read More

The Hochul Administration published a pair of documents concerning the Micron Megafab deal that raise more questions than they answer. Read More

President Joe Biden, visiting Syracuse to tout the planned Micron fab in Onondaga County, dropped a big detail. Read More

The Governor says Micron is a great deal despite the price it will exact from the state’s taxpayers. But we haven’t seen the data and analysis explaining why. Read More

With inflation rampaging, the seven-percent increase in key federal tax code thresholds is the biggest one-year hike since key aspects of the IRS code were indexed to inflation. Read More

Results are in for the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the nation’s report card. They paint a bleak picture for New York. Read More

The New York State Board of Regents lowered the threshold to pass Regents examinations from a 65 to a 50 in order to ‘satisfy diploma requirements’ for the academic years disrupted by the pandemic. Read More

New York’s statewide teachers union is providing a glimpse of its strategy to shrink and potentially eliminate New York’s charter schools. Read More

On November 8, New Yorkers will be voting on Proposal 1, the $4.2 billion “Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond.” Read More

Commissioner of Education Betty Rosa just set a new date, November 4, for releasing the statewide results of math and English exams. Read More

A state agency is refusing to release exam results revealing the nature and extent of Covid learning loss among New York schoolchildren. Read More

Micron says it intends to invest $20 billion by 2030 in a single “Mega-fab” and up to $100 billion in total over the next 20 years Read More