government departments and ministries

ALBANY (TNS) — I’m a fan of the Boston Celtics, which means, among other things, that I’m not especially inclined to give owners of New York basketbal...

ALBANY (TNS) — A lobbying group with apparent, but nondescript, ties to the Democratic Governors Association is pushing a campaign to back key proposa...

ALBANY (TNS) — Republican lawmakers pressed their Democratic colleagues on spending, debt and public safety Thursday as the Senate and Assembly approv...

ALBANY — State Sen. George Borrello expressed disappointment Wednesday over the decision by state Attorney General Letitia James to appeal a state Sup...

MONTEREY PARK, Calif. — The grief is still suffocating, the anger still visceral, President Joe Biden said Tuesday, in this suburban Los Angeles commu...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York’s former acting budget director was forced from her position this week and a high-ranking official in the state Office of Info...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — It is quite stunning to watch the elected leader of a democracy drag his country toward authoritarianism and a civil war — and al...

ALBANY — New York lawmakers are advancing a package of bills aimed at buoying the state’s farmers by promoting agricultural products and locally sourc...

NEW YORK (TNS) — For some of the 2.4 million New Yorkers hampered by federal student loan debt, the late-summer news seemed like a miracle: President ...

At the risk of taking the bait, let us consider Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s proposal for a “national divorce” separating the “red” from the ...

ALBANY (TNS) — Plans to roll out the public financing of election campaigns are facing scrutiny from Assembly Democrats, which could delay the initiat...

This is typical state thinking. Spend money at a record pace while making no attempt whatsoever to control spending or cut taxes. Then to get more rev...

U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy has joined two other Republican congressional members from New York in seeking to block Gov. Kathy Hochul‘s plan to expand M...

ALBANY (TNS) — State Senate Democratic leaders are seeking to close an apparent lobbying loophole for nominations to statewide positions that require ...

ALBANY — New York State Senate Republicans unveiled Monday a package of energy policies to pursue a cleaner energy future — putting, they said, afford...

ALBANY — State Sen. George Borrello called on Gov. Kathy Hochul restore up to $1 billion in Enhanced Federal Medicaid Percentage (eFMAP) funding for c...

ALBANY (TNS) — An oversight program tasked with inspecting nursing homes and assisted living facilities, partially as a safeguard against abuse and ne...

The leader of a good government group is urging New York lawmakers to increase resources in the state budget to address what he described as a “crisis...