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ALBANY -- Groups involved in the fights over allowing grocery stores to sell wine and implementing a state tax on sugared beverages poured a whopping $1 million or more in state campaigns over the last six months, campaign-finance records show.

The Initiative Is Set To Be On The November Ballot Voters will decide if they want to keep the state's new Soda Tax.

Governor Paterson's proposal to levy a penny-per-ounce tax on sugary soft drinks has been kicked to the curb repeatedly by lawmakers for more than a year, but the governor just won't take no for an answer. He's put it on the agenda for a special legislative session planned for Wednesday to deal with the 16-weeks-late budget. The soda tax would raise an estimated $815 million a year for the state ...

Pundits and politicians alike opine that Washington has not been focused enough on jobs, and President Obama sought to expand the jobs agenda Thursday at the National Urban League in a speech on education.

What's Your Reaction? MANHATTAN -- Gov. David Paterson is making one last push for his soda tax plan in the state budget.

Vedanta Resources posted record first-quarter EBITDA of $794 million in the three months till June as production of its three most profitable metals rose.

Photo by Karon Drink of the Week: Rickey Where: The Passenger and other locales There's nothing better on a hot summer day than a rickey. As we mentioned before, the D.C. Bartender's Guild is hosting a contest over the summer to find the best variation on a rickey. Some interesting variations have included plum juice and preserves (Amy Troutmiller, Urbana), and date syrup and Campari (Patrick ...

Gov. David Paterson said that the state needs to consider layoffs again.

Gov. David Paterson on Sunday announced he will force the Legislature to reconsider his proposed cap on local property taxes, a plan to allow the public universities to set higher tuition without legislative approval, a tax on sugary drinks and authorization to sell wine in grocery stores. Paterson included his ideas, already rejected by the Legislature, [...]

After a few weeks off, the GadsdenMetro.com Gadsden Update on CBS42.com returns! BASEBALL STARS The Attalla 11U Team competed in the Cal Ripken South East Regional Tournament in McKenzie, TN this past week. The team advanced all the way to the championship round, only to face the team that had placed them in the lower bracket in the first round. The Alabama All Stars from Attalla lost to ...