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ALBANY (TNS) — A day after a report criticized his administration for undercounting COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said attacks o...

New York may have undercounted COVID-19 deaths among nursing home residents by thousands, the state attorney general charged Thursday. The 76-page rep...

ALBANY (TNS) — In the third installment of his prolonged State of the State address, Gov. Cuomo said Wednesday that New York must embrace renewable en...

BELMONT — Officials reported 30 new cases of COVID-19 in Allegany County on Tuesday. The total rose to 2,241 since the pandemic began, county Departme...

ALBANY (TNS) — The state Constitution has long prohibited New York from taking on debt without first seeking approval from voters, but through a proce...

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...

ALBANY — The Empire State Trail — a 750-mile recreational trail, 75 percent of which will be off-road — has been completed, Gov.Andrew M. Cuomoannounc...

As President-elect Joe Bide puts together his agenda, he’s already signaled that he will reverse some Trump orders by rejoining the Paris climate acco...

ALBANY — New York will freeze evictions and certain foreclosures for two months under a bill the governor said Monday he plans to sign. Renters who ar...

ALBANY (TNS) — President Donald Trump on Sunday signed into law the $900 billion pandemic relief package that includes $5.8 billion for New York schoo...

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...

Among the clutter Joe Biden will inherit on Jan. 20 is this: a law enforcement relationship with Mexico in complete disarray. Mexican lawmakers adopte...

OLEAN — There were 43 new positive COVID-19 test results for Cattaraugus County residents on Wednesday. The new tests pushed the total number of COVID...

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...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York plans to “advance” $1.5 billion to cash-strapped organizations and agencies as Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday he won’t consi...

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....

ALBANY (TNS) — The New York Board of Regents on Monday adopted New York’s first-ever K-12 learning standards for computer science and digital fluency....

November’s election revealed many things about our current political landscape, the most striking of which is that the Democratic coalition is not as ...