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SYRACUSE — We’ve done some research on persistent questions about New York’s upcoming plastic bag ban. Here are some results, according to the state D...

ALBANY (TNS ) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is scheduled to meet Thursday with President Donald Trump to propose a compromise that could end a stalemate over th...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — New York’s plastic bag ban is coming soon. Here’s what you need to know about the new law. Who’s covered and when does it start? Any ...

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to make New York’s ongoing ban on hydraulic fracturing for natural gas harder to overturn. On Wednesday, Cuomo announ...

ALBANY — Teenage vapers caught a break from an upstate judge who ruled that Gov. Cuomo’s ban on e-cigarettes flavored with anything other than tobacco...

ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo plans to renew his fight to legalize paid gestational surrogacy during the upcoming legislative session — a move that could enable...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Several Democratic candidates for president are calling for an end to the hydraulic fracturing method of drilling for natural gas, but...

ALBANY — This week marked the five-year anniversary of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s ban on hydrofracking for natural gas. And while exploration firms have pret...

ALBANY — The Cuomo administration is banning use of chlorpyrifos, a chemical that is widely used in farming. While lawmakers had earlier passed a bill...

ALBANY — New York health officials intend to renew emergency regulations banning the sale of flavored e-cigarettes in the state, just days before exis...

ALBANY — Taking a cue from several other states, lawmakers in New York are proposing a ban on the use of drones for hunting. Drones — or unmanned aeri...

ALBANY — A pair of state lawmakers all too familiar with the devastating effects of smoking are looking to stub out menthol cigarettes for good. Sen. ...

OLEAN — Aldermen will decide on whether to ban smoking in city parks next month. The Common Council’s public safety committee on Tuesday forwarded on ...

On Sept. 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 Americans died in the worst terrorist attack on our home soil. For years afterwards, terrorism dominated the news, and...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed ruled out support for an assault weapons ban or limitations on magazine capacity in the wake of the country’s latest mass shootings...

New York voters strongly support the new statewide ban on plastic bags and a permanent cap on property tax increases included in the state budget, acc...

With early spring sun and gusts of wind in the 30-40 mph range Wednesday, conditions for wildfires have been optimal, leading the state to upgrade the...

OLEAN — The 2019 New York state budget includes a ban on single-use plastic bags — effective March 1, 2020. “We’re going to need the whole year to get...