New York

Gov. Kathy Hochul and the State Legislature’s all-Democrat majorities still can’t agree on a new state budget, but they’ve shown where they’re headed ...

ALBANY — As Washington contemplates cutbacks to federal funding for Medicaid, officials in Albany have reacted in two self-contradictory ways. On one ...

A state Senate committee on Wednesday approved legislation weakening the ability of local government and school officials to discipline workers by ext...

This past weekend marked a sad chapter in Western New York history. Sunday was the one-year anniversary of a dark episode in the recent history of the...

Each May is National Nurses’ Month — a month-long celebration and commemoration of the work our nurses do to keep us healthy. Even though National Nur...

Con(gress)man George Santos spent much of the day yesterday in a federal building, but it wasn’t the Capitol where he casts votes and likes to make fl...

Oops: A massive new study proves the normalization of cannabis use is an ongoing social disaster. You’ve got to be under the influence — of toxic ideo...

In another case of too little, too late, Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers enacted 20 pages of new regulations in the state budget to tamp down th...

Since mind reading has only existed in the realms of fantasy and fiction, it seems fair to apply the phrase to a system that uses brain scan data to d...

NEW YORK (TNS) — New Yorkers should be able to ride mass transit in safety. New Yorkers with mental health problems should get the help they need. New...

ALBANY (TNS) — Six years ago, Andrew Cuomo and Hillary Clinton came together for a self-congratulatory event that felt and sounded suspiciously like a...

Early last week, when it became increasingly clear that Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Legislature’s Democrat leaders were not going to stick around at the...

If someone told you a couple years ago that anti-abortion measures would be defeated in the same week in the Republican-dominated legislatures of Nebr...

ALBANY (TNS) — According to legend, Abraham Lincoln wrote his most famous speech on the back of an envelope while riding a train to Gettysburg. The le...

For many students, a well-designed standardized test is a legitimate way to measure the knowledge and skills a student has learned in a subject area. ...

HEBRON (TNS) — It is futile to seek a reason for the killing of Kaylin Gillis. Something so senseless and unspeakable defies explanation and logic. Sh...

As rank-and-file state lawmakers are muddling around while the governor and state legislative leaders are off in some secret lair trying to figure out...

On May 18, 2018, the New York Daily News took this stance: It was long past time to allow taxed and regulated marijuana sales here. On Thursday, April...