CALIFORNIA’S CAP-AND-TRADE greenhouse gas emissions reduction program reauthorization should be scrapped from the legislative calendar, business groups are urging state lawmakers. Lawmakers are trying to extend the 12-year-old program even though it doesn’t expire until 2030, citing its key role in the state’s goal to reach carbon neutrality by 2045.

AFFORDABILITY POLICIES AND TAX HIKES are on the agenda as New York lawmakers return to Albany today under pressure to raise taxes to fund free child care, lower utility bills, and other measures.