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ALBANY — The New York state Assembly will suspend its impeachment investigation into Gov. Andrew Cuomo once he steps down, the chamber’s top Democrat ...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Shane and Sean Hvizdzak have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud a...

ALBANY — With New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo set to be questioned Saturday, investigators appear close to finishing an investigation into the sexual haras...

ALBANY (TNS) — Some Democratic lawmakers are looking to allow student athletes at universities in New York to collectively bargain and form their own ...

If you got a haircut or a shave on Sundays in New York you were breaking the law — until Tuesday. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill overturning the law,...

ALBANY (TNS) — Three openly gay members of the New York Assembly penned a letter to the Thruway Authority saying that Chick-fil-A should not be allowe...

Nobody likes to be sued. It’s even worse when it’s the federal government coming after you. Yet that’s the situation Georgia finds itself in, now that...

The Town of Farmersville and 12 other municipalities and environmental groups are suing the New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES) ov...

ALBANY — Lawmakers on the New York Assembly’s Judiciary Committee said Wednesday they will issue subpoenas to compel documents and sworn statements fr...

ALBANY — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation requiring general hospitals in the state to seek input from nurses and other staff in creating ...

For 20 years China has absorbed millions of U.S. jobs. It has stolen billions of dollars’ worth of intellectual property from American companies and m...

NEW YORK — Following unanimous passage in the Legislature, state senators George Borrello and Michelle Hinchey and Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz gathere...

ALBANY — New Yorkers would avoid jail time for nonviolent parole violations, and children under age 12 could no longer be arrested as juveniles under ...

ALBANY — The New York State Conservation Council is supporting legislation sponsored by Sen. George Borrello to ban wind turbines on New York’s lakes ...

ALBANY (TNS) —Elizabeth Crotherswas young and idealistic when she came toAlbanyto work at theNew York StateCapitol. She fled a few years later, disgus...

ALBANY — New York’s attorney general could sue gun manufacturers under certain scenarios under a bill that passed the state Senate on Tuesday as lawma...

WASHINGTON — Liberals have cheered the highly public legal and financial jeopardy ensnaring the National Rifle Association, seeing the gun lobby’s pot...

ALBANY — The fate of a bill to give people sexually abused as adults a chance to sue the perpetrators was unclear Thursday when it unanimously passed ...