Today in your Trail Mix:
The STOCK Act clears the last legislative hurdle - but its sponsors still want it to be stronger.
New York's "wet gas" is unlikely to wind up at a Pennsylvania processing facility.
Tip on the tightrope in Buffalo.
Politics
The STOCK Act, which bans insider trading by members of Congress, passed the Senate yesterday and now heads to the President's desk (Reid Pillifant, Capital).
The governor is hitting the road to talk about how to grow small business, with a series of forums (Jon Campbell, Vote Up!).
New York's senate majority leader says Republicans are reluctant to move forward with healthcare exchanges, as mandated by the president's health care legislation (Karen DeWitt, New York State Public Radio).
Credit ratings agency Moody's gives New York's Tier VI pension reform a thumbs up, according to a new report (Joseph Spector, Vote Up!).
Energy
New York gas is unlikely to be headed for a newly announced ethane cracker in Pennsylvania (Matt Richmond,WSKG/Innovation Trail).
Only three residents showed up at an open house at the nuclear power plant in Scriba (Debra J. Groom, Post-Standard).
The Government Accountability Office released a report yesterday that warns that thousands of miles of pipes transmitting natural gas aren't regulated (AP).
The head of the federal EPA is asking for $14 million in the agency's budget to study fracking in conjunction with the U.S. Geological Survey (Susan Phillips, State Impact PA).
Meanwhile, Democrats in the state Assembly are asking for cash for a study of hydrofracking's health effects in New York (Jon Campbell, Vote Up!).
Tourism
Officials in the town and village of Clayton are hoping to leverage the St. Lawrence River as a tourist attraction (Joanna Richards, WRVO).
Tightrope walker Nik Wallenda says he's going to do his practicing for a walk over Niagara Falls in Niagara County, to help benefit the area's economy (Tom Precious, Buffalo News).
And that, reminds me of this:
Come on, it’s Friday!
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