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News coverage in the Glens Falls, Saratoga and Lake George region of upstate New York.

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The Post-Star
4 years
After a whirlwind weekend of donations flowing into Tedra Cobb’s Congressional campaign, the Democratic challenger to U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik’s 21st Congressional district seat raised $1 million in three days, according to her campaign.
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Elise Stefanik can't make any progress on stated goals such as addressing police brutality as long as she supports Donald Trump.
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In a recent tweet, U.S. Rep. Elise M. Stefanik claimed that she wrote the Military Family Stability Act, got it passed and saw that it was signed into law. None of these assertions is true.
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The Post-Star
4 years
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik was reelected to a fourth term over Democratic challenger Tedra Cobb, according to unofficial results.
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The Post-Star
4 years
All 12 county Republican committees in New York's 21st Congressional District have endorsed Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, for reelection.
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The Post-Star
4 years
President Donald Trump has praised U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik many times, but on Wednesday he formally endorsed the Republican from Schuylerville for reelection Nov. 3.
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The Post-Star
3 years
In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a measure creating Medicare, which began operating the following year, and more events that happened on this day in history.
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The Post-Star
4 years
Here are some of the notable people celebrating birthdays today, including Mary Higgins Clark, Jeff Sessions, Hamid Karzai, Anil Kapoor, Ricky Martin, Stephenie Meyer, Ryan Seacrest, Louis Tomlinson and more.
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The Post-Star
3 years
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik on Thursday said President Joseph Biden is unfit to serve in the wake of the terrorist attack at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan that killed a dozen U.S. service members.
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The Post-Star
4 years
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, was appointed by President Donald Trump on Thursday to serve on the bipartisan Task Force to Reopen the Economy she announced via Twitter.
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The Post-Star
4 years
Local political leaders are attributing U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik’s decisive win on Tuesday to a strong ground game and a solid GOP ticket
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The Post-Star
4 years
Democrat Tedra Cobb on Saturday kicked off a series of political rallies in an attempt to garner face time with voters and appeal to those who are still undecided in her bid for the 21st Congressional District.
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The Post-Star
4 years
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik seeks to retrofit old hospitals for coronavirus surge, help farms find migrant workers; Judge races heat up in Saratoga and Warren counties.
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The Post-Star
4 years
Tedra L. Cobb, the Democratic candidate for the NY-21 House seat, said she’s disgusted by how President Donald J. Trump has talked about veterans and those who have died while at war.
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The Post-Star
4 years
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik defended attacks on opponent Tedra Cobb and touted a record of legislative accomplishments in a meeting with The Post-Star editorial board.
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The Post-Star
8 years
Who won the third and final presidential debate? #debatenight #debate
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The Post-Star
4 years
Around two dozen supporters attended a rally in support of U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville at her campaign headquarters in Queensbury.
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The Post-Star
4 years
Rep. Elise Stefanik lives in a world where she believes she is under siege and the only way she will be spared is if you share your hard-earned cash.
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The Post-Star
4 years
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, will be participating in a virtual town hall focused on COVID-19 tonight at 7 p.m.
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The Post-Star
4 years
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, spoke at the Republican National Committee convention on Wednesday night, highlighting her upbringing, NY-21 and Fort Drum, as well as jabbing at Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden.
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The Post-Star
4 years
Tedra Cobb focuses on helping all the people of NY-21, while Elise Stefanik has embraced the politics of division.
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The Post-Star
4 years
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik said she thought former Vice President Joe Biden looked and sounded “weak” in the debate, while her opponent, Tedra Cobb .
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The Post-Star
4 years
Twitter exchanges between Elise Stefanik and Tedra Cobb show their different approaches to the NY 21 campaign.
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The Post-Star
4 years
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik hit the trail in Glens Falls on Monday and opponent Tedra Cobb held small events this weekend and hit the phones.
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The Post-Star
4 years
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, said she supports President Donald Trump’s executive orders to provide COVID-19 relief.
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The Post-Star
3 years
If Congresswoman Elise Stefanik were voting for funding for local projects, she would deserve credit. But she deserves none when the funding comes from a bill she voted against.
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The Post-Star
5 years
Less than one-third of the individual donations to the campaign of U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, in the third quarter of the year came from inside the NY-21 Congressional District, compared with 70% for Democratic challenger Tedra Cobb,…
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The Post-Star
4 years
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is right — the time for education and encouragement is past. If you still aren’t following the state’s mask law, you should get ticketed.
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The Post-Star
3 years
The display of the Confederate flag is deeply offensive but widely tolerated. It shouldn't be tolerated any longer.
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The Post-Star
3 years
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is ignorant, vicious and dangerous, and Republican leaders in the House, like Rep. Elise Stefanik, should call her out by name.
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The Post-Star
4 years
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik receives award from U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Sen. Daphne Jordan seeks COVID-19 tests for the military.
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The Post-Star
4 years
Glens Falls Hospital and Saratoga Hospital will be reopening for “non-essential” medical treatments on April 28.
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The Post-Star
3 years
Marjorie Taylor Greene's vicious lies are "inexcusable" — Elise Stefanik is right about that. She should have done something about it.
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The Post-Star
4 years
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik has three times as much money in the bank compared with Democratic challenger Tedra Cobb.
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The Post-Star
3 years
Rep. Elise Stefanik again called on Gov. Cuomo to resign on Saturday after a second former aide accused the governor of sexual harassment. Meanwhile, state lawmakers on both sides of the aisle call for an independent investigation into the allegations.
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The Post-Star
8 years
COMMENTARY: Hillary and Donald, meet Gary and Jill
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The Post-Star
4 years
Rep. Elise Stefanik said her and America’s hearts break for George Floyd and his family, and that the officers involved in his death need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent.
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The Post-Star
5 years
Read about Andre Cook, a former Hudson Falls coach who's having success at the college level:
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The Post-Star
4 years
How soon the region will reopen and how to entice hospitality workers to come back were on the minds of local business leaders.
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The Post-Star
6 years
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., is visiting SUNY Adirondack this afternoon to get a look at the school's cybersecurity program
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The Post-Star
3 years
The mean-spirited gossip who is Elise Stefanik's senior adviser reveals the unpleasant side of the congresswoman's political persona.
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The Post-Star
3 years
A business owner wants the Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce to rescind its invitation to U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik to attend a legislative forum.
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The Post-Star
3 years
It should be beneath the dignity of a member of Congress to sell merchandise through a campaign website that attacks and mocks another politician, or any U.S. citizen. But that is what Elise Stefanik is doing.
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The Post-Star
5 years
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is becoming more partisan and embracing the mistakes and misstatements of the Trump administration with more fervor. We wish she would go the other way.
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The Post-Star
3 years
President Trump's angry presidency reached a dark crescendo on Wednesday with the riot at the Capitol, but it wasn't all his fault. Enablers like Elise Stefanik are also to blame.
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The Post-Star
4 years
In the first in a series of events commemorating the women's suffrage movement, the town of Greenwich on Saturday to celebrate what would have been Susan B. Anthony's 200th birthday.
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The Post-Star
2 years
GLENS FALLS — Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner, D-Round Lake, stepped up to the mic at City Park in Glens Falls and led the crowd of more than 100 in a “my body, my choice” chant.
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The Post-Star
3 years
Democrat Matt Castelli kicked off his candidacy to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, claiming that she is out of touch.
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The Post-Star
4 years
Rep. Elise Stefanik has become transparently political in her beliefs about whether the president did anything wrong. It is a dark day for the 21st Congressional District and history should not treat her kindly.
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The Post-Star
4 years
A remembrance ceremony, which included an unveiling and dedication of a 9/11 memorial, was held Friday at American Legion Post No. 574 in Hudson Falls. The event was attended by police, firefighters, first responders, members of the American Legion,...
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The Post-Star
4 years
Democratic NY-21 candidate Tedra Cobb criticized U.S. Elise Stefanik as a Washington insider who cares more about her corporate donors and helping other candidates than her constituents at campaign kickoff event Tuesday morning at the Chicken Coop...
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The Post-Star
4 years
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik on Tuesday toured an unfinished subdivision project in Wilton to hear concerns about the state of the construction industry.
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The Post-Star
3 years
Our local Republican representatives, starting with Elise Stefanik, should show more consistency in their criticisms.
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The Post-Star
4 years
It is unconscionable that good common sense legislation that will save regular people money on their prescriptions is not being voted on in the Senate.
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The Post-Star
6 years
Today In History, Oct. 17: Eminem
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The Post-Star
3 years
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik talked about broadband and negotiations on a federal COVID relief package during a virtual meeting with the Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday.
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The Post-Star
2 years
Democrat Matt Castelli on Thursday announced support for legislation barring elected officials who violate their oath to the constitution from holding office.
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The Post-Star
3 years
Two local billboards asking U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik to resign due to efforts to challenge the election results are set to go up Wednesday.
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The Post-Star
3 years
A column in the New York Times, awarding honors for 2020, recognized Rep. Elise Stefanik as "most disappointing."
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The Post-Star
4 years
The Post-Star has (briefly) dropped its paywall so that people can get critically important news about the coronavirus. We are also offering a free trial of our daily e-edition.
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The Post-Star
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4 years
According to her spokesperson, all of us here in the North Country are super excited about Elise Stefanik being in Iowa next week. Are we?
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The Post-Star
3 years
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik and her husband announced the birth of their first child on Monday.
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4 years
The Glens Falls City School District has produced and donated 100 protective face shields for Glens Falls Hospital.
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The Post-Star
7 years
And South High Marathon Dance has bested its own record again: $823,614.91 is this year's total.
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The Post-Star
3 years
A petition signed by nearly 1,500 residents is calling on U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik to honor the presidential election results.
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The Post-Star
6 years
BREAKING: Marathon dance raises whopping $831,191.15 for 42 recipients
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3 years
Twenty years ago, the 11th of September dawned as just a date. By midnight, it was 9/11, the staggering starting point for a new era of terror, war, politics, patriotism and tragedy.
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The Post-Star
4 years
Elise Stefanik's willingness to support the withholding by the Trump administration of federal funding that New York needs is surprising and disappointing.
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The Post-Star
4 years
Free milk will be available starting at 9 a.m. at Corinth Elementary School as part of a donation by American Dairy Association North East and Dairy Farmers of America.
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The Post-Star
4 years
Three Rockland County Jewish congregations have filed a lawsuit accusing Gov. Andrew Cuomo of engaging in a streak of anti-Semitic discrimination with a crackdown on religious gatherings
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The Post-Star
4 years
NY-21 Democratic candidate Tedra Cobb talks about health care, the pandemic and other issues with The Post-Star editorial board.
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The Post-Star
3 years
Elise Stefanik isn't rejecting the talk of running for governor, but because of her close ties to Trump, she has no chance of winning.
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The Post-Star
1 year
TUPPER LAKE — In roughly one year — on April 8, 2024 — darkness will cover Tupper Lake. The sun will be blotted out. The temperature will suddenly drop. The wind will pick up. Wildlife will begin acting strangely. And…
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The Post-Star
7 years
@SawyerFrdrx minus the hat at the moment
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The Post-Star
3 years
Glens Falls Hospital will require all employees to be vaccinated by Oct. 1 or face termination, the hospital announced on Friday.
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The Post-Star
2 years
In 2014, then-Republican congressional candidate Elise Stefanik, running for an open seat, voluntarily limited her tenure in the House of Representatives to five two-year terms.
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The Post-Star
5 years
South High Marathon Dance raises a record $837,859.97
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4 years
New York has adjusted its pandemic guidelines on essential businesses to allow golf courses and boat launches and marinas to reopen, with restrictions.
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The Post-Star
3 years
Schools this fall will have to follow state policies, which we hope will emphasize student safety. Demagogic statements from Elise Stefanik should be ignored.
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The Post-Star
6 years
Joseph Girard III named to MaxPreps All-American second team
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The Post-Star
4 years
Now that she has become a full-scale Trump supporter and defender, it's embarrassing to watch Congresswoman Elise Stefanik on TV.
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The Post-Star
4 years
Editor Ken Tingley hopes the journalism he has led over the past 32 years has made a difference in local communities.
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The Post-Star
4 years
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik’s campaign has made several inaccurate claims this week regarding health care, immigration and her rival Democrat Tedra Cobb’s positions on these issues.
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The Post-Star
4 years
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik votes against bill to impose regulations on vaping advertisements; Tedra Cobb and Stefanik trade jabs.
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The Post-Star
3 years
Instead of getting down to business after the election, Rep. Elise Stefanik has been spending her time attacking Gov. Andrew Cuomo and defending Pres. Trump's baseless election claims.
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