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The State University of New York is asking for a $9 billion state investment in its infrastructure in the next five years, its largest and most ambitious capital plan yet.

Some lawmakers want the Thruway Authority to forgo the need for a toll hike in January by handing the money-losing canal system back to the state.

Senate Republicans are fighting Democratic Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s attempts to quash subpoenas issued to his administration over whether gubernatorial aides sought to produce documents damaging to Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, R-Brunswick, Rensselaer County. The Senate is investigating the Troopergate scandal.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli will propose a budget reform plan during a speech at the Rockefeller Institute of Government in Albany.

A coalition of Democratic lawmakers wants the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to delay a toll hike until at least April 15 to give lawmakers time to negotiate with the governor and try to avoid an increase for as long as possible.

Energy companies are preparing for what is expected to be a tough fight in the 2008 legislative session on whether to re-regulate the utility industry.

Four Tompkins County anti-war activists convicted of trespassing at U.S. Rep. John “Randy” Kuhl’s office in Bath, Steuben County, escaped jail terms and a fifth received 30 days in the county jail because he wouldn’t pay a fine or perform community service. Kuhl is a Republican from Hammondsport, Steuben County.

In Endicott, Broome County, negotiations to reach a settlement on claims related to pollution from the former IBM factory have failed, and attorneys and clients plan to file a lawsuit in January.

Broadway theater owners and producers and stagehands reached a settlement yesterday after a grueling 19-day strike that crippled most Broadway shows.

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