WASHINGTON — Organizations opposing President Donald Trump’s executive order to curb government regulations filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to block it. The president’s order was issued on Jan. 30 and required federal agencies to repeal two existing regulations for ...

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The business community is excited about President Donald Trump’s executive order directing federal agencies to eliminate two regulations for every new one created, but law professor Anya Bernstein says the move ultimately could cause the government to “grind to a ...

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ALBANY — New York regulators on Thursday proposed establishing rules for firms involved in receiving, transmitting and storing virtual currency, as well as retail conversions. The proposal by the Department of Financial Services would establish a so-called BitLicense. Merchants and ...

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Court decisions and changes in federal and state regulations continue to change the employment landscape, making it necessary for managers to keep up to date. A few of those changes were reviewed Friday by Michael A. Hausknecht, a partner in ...

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BOSTON — Forty attorneys general sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday urging the agency to meet its own deadline and regulate electronic cigarettes in the same way it regulates tobacco products. The letter, co-sponsored ...

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Private business owners have long told state legislators — in words and, by leaving New York, in deeds — that the laundry list of regulations has created unnecessary burdens on them and hurt their bottom line. The same is true ...

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ALBANY — The National Wildlife Federation sued New York state officials on Thursday for backing off on tough regulations to rid ship ballast water of invasive species that threaten the Great Lakes, the Hudson River and Long Island Sound. The ...

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ALBANY — Most guns recovered from New York crimes last year originated in states with fewer legal restrictions, though the largest single source remains New York itself, where 1,595 were first purchased, federal data show. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, ...

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Looking into people’s faces may reveal their gender, approximate age and what they are feeling. A person’s face helps other people recognize them, but technology already exists that allows a facial image, or faceprint, to reveal much more information such ...

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New York state may be regulating itself out of the natural gas drilling market, according to a Buffalo environmental attorney. The basics of the “Marcellus Shale Gas Play,” and its potential environmental and economic impacts were presented Thursday to members ...

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Hospital and health system leaders from across New York State converged in Albany this week to call on legislators to protect their communities’ access to health care services and push for much needed reforms to state regulations. The event was ...

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ALBANY — New York’s environment commissioner told lawmakers Tuesday that the proposed state budget doesn’t include money for regulating hydraulic fracturing because it’s uncertain when — or if — the natural gas drilling technology will be allowed in the state. ...

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