In recent years, donut shops, car dealerships and doctor’s offices have received tax breaks from industrial development agencies in western New York.

Now, first-term Assemblyman Sean Ryan (D-Buffalo) has crafted a bill to halt such deals. He joins a growing chorus of critics who argue IDAs have lost their way since being created in the 1960s to generate high-paying manufacturing jobs.

Ryan hopes the legislation becomes a model for the rest of the state. But it’s far from being put to a vote.

Good morning. Time for our morning news roundup, or as we like to call it: Trail Mix.

A new report says fracking is getting safer.

The technology behind IBM's "Watson" is at it again, this time in medical research.

And: The (huge) tax break for GlobalFoundries has finally been settled.

Research into multiple sclerosis has accelerated rapidly in the last few years - and doctors in Buffalo are at the forefront.

Information about how MS progresses in patients has long been out there, but it wasn’t being synthesized or analyzed effectively.

Now, SUNY Buffalo is using a new supercomputer from IBM that can help researchers make connections between environmental and hereditary factors and how MS affects its victims.

A small startup based in Albany has managed to help some of Hollywood's biggest celebrities protect and promote their own online images.

And New York State is banking on the company's success - by investing in it through the state pension fund.

New York's senators say they have three new pieces of legislation that will reduce unemployment among recent veterans.

At a joint press conference Monday outside Syracuse University's Institute for Veterans and Military Families, Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Charles Schumer (D-NY) unveiled the three bills, which Gillibrand says have bipartisan support.

Unemployment among veterans who served after September 11, 2001 is more than 12 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

When the first StartFast Venture Accelerator begins this morning in Syracuse, the clock will start ticking for nine startups hoping to turn their big idea into a profit maker.

Modeled on similar accelerators around the country, the teams have 100 days to soak up as much advice and support as they can. They're also given seed money and workspace.

StartFast is the creation of two local entrepreneurs, Chuck Stormon and Nasir Ali. In return for the investment and admittance into the program, Stormon and Ali get a small stake in the company.

Happy Monday morning! Here's today's Trail Mix:

It appears President Obama switched venues for his Albany visit at the urging of the Cuomo administration.

Americans would pay more for clean energy, but with some exceptions.

Plus, a star-studded anti-fracking rally will take place in Albany this week.

Today in your Morning Trail Mix:

A Buffalo congressman is trying to get the city's Outer Harbor property transferred to the state for $1.

Manufacturing's resurgence is being fueled by subsidies and labor concessions.

And: The push continues to ban minors from using tanning beds.

Good morning. Here's your Trail Mix, our daily round-up of news:

The Big Apple has gotten big in tech.

Manufacturing is playing a bigger role for the Capital Region.

And it looks like rural post offices will be spared.

The dozens of sticky notes mean the jury is still out.

The tabs of paper were posted next to five options Wednesday afternoon. Each represents a different future for the stretch of Interstate 81 that runs through downtown Syracuse.

Transportation planners from the I-81 Challenge began a second round of community meetings Wednesday. The public input they gather will help decide the aging highway's fate.