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If the need for universal, affordable high-speed internet service wasn’t apparent before the COVID-19 pandemic, it surely is now. So why would Gov. An...

New York is in week eight of COVID vaccinations. In hindsight, it’s clear neither city nor state were ready to efficiently, equitably distribute the l...

The administration of Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a reputation for secrecy, but even by the governor’s opaque standards the stonewalling around the issue of...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed says he will vote for presidential electors today, unlike dozens of his House Republican colleagues who have pledged try to overtur...

This is the 21st century, so far a frightening age, and we’ve just had an act of modernistic war, a hacking attack through which Russia now knows gobs...

President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for education secretary, Miguel Cardona, will face a host of pandemic-related challenges that have disproportionat...

No one will ever accuse President Donald Trump of being overly careful in his exercise of his pardon power. So, it makes sense that advocates of Edwar...

With the first Americans finally getting vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, it might be tempting to believe the end of the pandemic is at hand....

Reform inevitably evolves into routine, revealing the need for further reform. Progress dies when we become complacent that things are as good as they...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed continued to push for a bipartisan $908 billion COVID-19 relief package Wednesday as negotiations remained hung up over state and l...

We’ve never seen anything like it, have we — some state governments not just advising people on how to spend Thanksgiving with their families, but dic...

Next week, Americans will confront how to celebrate a national holiday that is for many people all about togetherness amid a pandemic that demands tha...

Ronald Reagan said once, “If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.” Update that for modern times as...

WASHINGTON — Voters in the U.S. presidential election faced a public health crisis and a wounded economy, but neither candidate emerged as the clear c...

In light of increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases in New York state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has designated certain areas as “red zones.” Those living in the...

ALBANY (AP) — New York’s county governments, citing soaring expenses from responding to the coronavirus epidemic, are pleading with the Cuomo administ...

ALBANY — The state continues to confront coronaviru s clusters in downstate New York, even as the positive-test rate was well below 1% in several Upst...

BUFFALO — A Canadian woman charged with making threats against President Donald Trump by mailing a package containing ricin to the White House was ord...