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When, in February 2021, the temperatures in parts of Texas dropped to the low teens, crashing the power infrastructure, officials were at a loss deali...

ALBANY (TNS) — Lawmakers could head to the state Capitol as early as today to consider adding another $32,000 to their annual salaries — while placing...

BUFFALO (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked the part of a New York state law that makes it a crime for people to carry guns in places of wo...

I heard John Mayer’s “Daughters” playing in the grocery store recently, and though it had been years since I listened to the 2003 classic, the chorus ...

Under the heading of How is this not already illegal? comes the latest effort in Congress to prohibit sitting lawmakers from trading stocks. In an era...

There was a time when Senate Republicans were squarely behind a federal ban on late-term abortion. And it wasn’t long ago. When South Carolina Sen. Li...

NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court was told Tuesday that there is no basis in federal law for a Trump administration ban on bump stocks — devices t...

ALBANY — New York authorities have lifted a ban that had stopped state prison inmates from reading a book about the 1971 Attica Correctional Facility ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — State House Republicans blocked a proposal to prevent those ages 18 to 21 from possessing assault-style rifles by completely ch...

There's something remarkable about the gun debate that has arisen in the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Compared to years past, th...

New York state’s annual springtime burn ban is in effect through May 15, a measure to limit wildfires. The time between March 15 and May 15 is traditi...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation reminds residents that the annual statewide ban prohibiting brush burning will begin Wedne...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — The New York State Fair will prohibit outdoor smoking in 2022, extending a ban that already included its outdoor concert venues at Ch...

ALBANY — Department of Environmental Conservation reminds New Yorkers that the state’s ban on expanded polystyrene foam containers and “packing peanut...

Joe Biden may have humanitarian motives for extending the Centers for Disease Control eviction ban that the Supreme Court has already deemed unlawful....

Throughout history, the march of technology has been followed by the unwelcome sutlers of organized crime, from high-seas piracy during the age of sai...

ALBANY (TNS) — Homeowners in a few years could be seeking alternatives when they want to patch or seal their driveways. Lawmakers this week passed a b...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a major gun-rights claim and decide whether the Second Amendment gives law-abiding individuals a ...