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ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration has pledged to increase compliance with a 2011 law requiring the executive branch to publicly report...

From bringing the dazzle of Broadway to West State Street to connecting Olean and Allegany together, from extra thrills at the Castle Cinema to a tour...

Nike’s latest TV ad is another slick paean to individual empowerment and prevailing despite the naysayers. Centered around Memphis Grizzlies star Ja M...

At least we’re learning. Remember when the early reaction to the outbreak of a deadly virus in Wuhan was to discourage people from changing their trav...

ALBANY (TNS) — For nearly a decade,New Yorkhas pledged to provide universal high-speed broadband access, allocating over a half-billion dollars into e...

BELMONT — Two students from Genesee Valley Central School attended a leadership conference as part of the YMCA’s Youth and Government program. Senior ...

There have been lots of frightening things going on in the country. What is most scary, though, is the vast spending that our federal government seems...

ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul has promised to recuse herself from all state business involving her husband’s company, Buffalo-based gambling and ho...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul has no plans to drop her opposition to a religious exemption to New York’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for health work...

KABUL, Afghanistan — With the Taliban in power in Afghanistan, there’s a new enemy ascending. The Islamic State group threatens to usher in another vi...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — Voters in New York will decide on five ballot proposals when they head to the polls Nov. 2 and the topics vary. Here’s a look at the ...

In the old days, the Committee on Open Government was an advocate for the people, even though it was couched in a government department overseen by th...

ALBANY (TNS) — Attorney General Letitia James’ office has issued a subpoena to the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics for its records on Gov. And...

NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul introduced state Sen. Brian Benjamin as her choice for lieutenant governor Thursday in the senator’s Harlem district, whe...

In 2018, when there was talk he might run for president, Andrew Cuomo insisted there was only one reason he would leave office early. And it wasn’t th...

CUBA — Although last year’s pandemic delayed the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to v...

Last week, Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s longtime CEO and the wealthiest human on the planet, decided to treat himself to an extraordinary journey beyond the K...

Back in 2016, when expectations for change were running high in Cuba, I traveled to Havana and spoke with Cuban academics, artists, independent blogge...