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By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 30, 2017 - 11:55 am
Local congressional representative John Faso, a Republican representing the Catskills and Hudson Valley in the 19th District, has joined a small group of Congressional Republicans criticizing President Donald Trump's recently-issued executive order on... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jan. 27, 2017 - 3:46 pm
In a closed-door session at a Republican policy retreat in Philadelphia this week, GOP members of the House and Senate privately worried about the political consequences of their party's push for a rapid repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Among those who... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 - 1:24 pm
Image via John Faso's campaign. Congressman John Faso, the newly-elected Republican representing New York's 19th district, was named last week to the House's budget, agriculture, and transportation and infrastructure committees.  The 36-member House... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016 - 3:19 pm
New York State voters opted overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton in the Presidential election on Tuesday; in unofficial results, Clinton received roughly 58.8 percent of the votes cast, while Donald Trump got 37.4 percent.  In the Catskills region -- and in... Read more
By Timothy Knight on Tuesday, Jun. 28, 2016 - 11:06 pm
Above: Republican John Faso will face Democrat Zephyr Teachout in the general election for the 19th Congressional District, which covers the entire Catskills region of New York.  After months of contentious campaigning and political sparring, New York's... Read more
By Timothy Knight on Tuesday, Jun. 28, 2016 - 8:16 am
Above: Republican John Faso squares off against Republican Andrew Heaney and Democrat Zephyr Teachout goes head to head with Democrat Will Yandik in a primary election today, Tuesday, June 28.  Following months of contentious and hard campaigning, voters... Read more
By Timothy Knight on Wednesday, Jun. 8, 2016 - 7:35 am
Above: Andrew Heaney. Photo courtesy of the Heaney campaign.  Unlike the other three candidates running to replace retiring Republican Congressman Chris Gibson in New York's 19th Congressional District, Dutchess County businessman Andrew Heaney has no... Read more
By Timothy Knight on Tuesday, Apr. 26, 2016 - 7:49 am
Above: John Faso. Image via the Faso campaign. In the increasingly negative race to replace retiring Republican Congressman Chris Gibson in New York's 19th Congressional District, former State Assembly Minority Leader John Faso has all the hallmarks of a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016 - 1:38 pm
Above: A poster from New York State's campaign to raise awareness about heroin addiction. New York State passed legislation to fund a heroin addiction awareness and treatment campaign in 2014. Photo via combatheroin.ny.gov.  As a heroin epidemic spreads... Read more
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