Daily Digest: SIENA POLL: State voters favor raising taxes on NYC residents earning $1 million

Also: Six Flags agrees to sell 7 parks, including Great Escape • HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ BASKETBALL: Troy trips up in Section 2 Class AA semifinals, falls to Amsterdam 67-62

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Friday, March 6, 2026

Happy Friday! Hope everyone is having a great week and is looking forward to having a great weekend. Before you head out or enjoy that morning cup of coffee or tea, check out some of the top stories on our website. Be safe and enjoy the day. — Ron Rosner, Senior Editor e-edition                            obituaries SIENA POLL: State voters favor raising taxes on NYC residents earning $1 million LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. — By a 54-29% margin, New York state voters support the Governor and Legislature allowing New York City to raise personal income taxes on city residents earning at least $1 millio… Read more → Six Flags agrees to sell 7 parks, including Great Escape QUEENSBURY, N.Y. — EPR Properties announced Thursday that it has entered into agreements to acquire a portfolio of seven regional parks from Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, including Six Flags… Read more → HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' BASKETBALL: Troy trips up in Section 2 Class AA semifinals, falls to Amsterdam 67-62 GLENS FALLS, N.Y. — Senior guard Kayne Behan and the Troy boys' varsity basketball team were on fire to start their Section 2 Class AA semifinals matchup versus Amsterdam on Thursday at Harding Mazzotti Arena. Behan couldn't stop hitting threes. About a minute and a half in, two Behan triples and a floater by senior […] Read more → HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' BASKETBALL: Lansingburgh leaps over Glens Falls to clinch spot in Section 2 Class A championship GLENS FALLS, N.Y. — The Lansingburgh boys' varsity basketball team was on a mission in the Section 2 Class A semifinals against reigning Class A state champion Glens Falls on Thursday at Harding Mazzotti Arena. The No. 3-seeded Knights were out for blood after falling short to the No.2-seeded Black Bears in the same spot […] Read more → Lionel Messi and Inter Miami feted by President Donald Trump at the White House for MLS Cup title Inter Miami was the first MLS team Trump invited to the White House. Read more → Pentagon says it is labeling AI company Anthropic a supply chain risk 'effective immediately' The decision appeared to shut down the opportunity for further negotiation with Anthropic. Read more → Bloodhounds in North Dakota are blazing a trail in the Midwest These bloodhounds have been called to Montana, South Dakota and Utah to help searches. Read more → Study suggests Trump's unproven autism claims influenced care New research found that for nearly three months, Tylenol orders for pregnant women dropped. Read more → Justice Department publishes missing Epstein files involving uncorroborated claim about Trump The department said those files had been "incorrectly coded as duplicative." Read more → US and Venezuela agree to reestablish diplomatic relations in major shift after Maduro's ouster Relations between the two countries were cut off following another geopolitical debacle in 2019. Read more → Mexico and US will start talks March 16 on reviewing their free trade agreement The bilateral talks are ahead of a scheduled review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Read more → Trump turns to an Oklahoma senator with a fighter's reputation as his next choice to lead DHS The former plumber has become one of Trump's fiercest defenders in the U.S. Senate. Read more →

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Before One-House Budgets Drop, Tell Albany to Fund Child Care Workforce

With one-house proposals expected in just days, time is running out to include critical investments in the child care workforce. Families and educators are counting on state leaders to include these priorities in the state budget. Sunday is International Women's Day, a day that started with organizing. This year, and always, the need to pay child care educators a thriving wage is a gender justice issue. The people who keep child care programs running are overwhelmingly women. Many are women of color. Many are immigrants. Many are older workers. Their labor makes it possible for parents to work. Across New York, families are crushed by child care costs and, at the same time, educators are leaving because their pay is too low. Programs cannot stay open without them. A permanent child care workforce compensation fund would change that. It would help strengthen the workforce, keep programs open, and make sure that families have stable options for care. New York is home to extraordinary wealth, even as many families struggle to afford care. Upcoming one-house proposals will shape whether families can find care and whether educators can afford to stay in this work. They will also make clear whose voices our leaders are listening to – the poor and working majority or the billionaire class. Email your state legislators today. Tell them to tax the rich and invest in our child care workforce. New York can move toward universal child care, but only if we push for it. In solidarity, Marina Marcou-O'Malley and Zakiyah Shaakir-Ansari Co-Executive Directors, Alliance for Quality Education Sent via ActionNetwork.org. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Alliance for Quality Education, please click here.