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Local state lawmakers thought Gov. Kathy Hochul’s State of the State address Tuesday was vague and they differed in their response to her call for bai...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Franciscan Institute Publications at St. Bonaventure University has published a new book on economic reforms. Titled “The Virtuous E...

Conservatives who want an economic policy that supports parents have long been a minority faction within the Republican Party. In 2017, when Republica...

ALBANY (TNS) — In Andrew Cuomo’s first speech as governor, he promised he would remake a state government mired in scandal and tainted by corruption. ...

Should a family of four, earning $96,000 annually and living in the country illegally, be eligible to receive taxpayer-funded cash gifts totaling $36,...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Democrats are worried. They’re worried about local elections and they’re worried about the national 2022 midterms. So now, after mont...

President Joe Biden’s administration hasn’t gotten a handle on the desperate crisis at our southern border any more than the administration of Donald ...

Pennsylvania has a population problem. The problem isn’t that the overall population is shrinking. It’s not. According to the 2020 census, the number ...

ALBANY (TNS) — Given that I have penned 3,494,883 columns critical of Andrew Cuomo and perhaps only one that could be described as flattering, it seem...

State Sen. George Borrello, joined by prosecutors and law officers from across his 57th Senate District, called Friday for the restoration of judicial...

ALBANY (TNS) — The state’s approach to gun violence during the COVID-19 pandemic included declaring it both a public health crisis and an epidemic. Th...

The only legitimate reason to stage an official anniversary commemoration of the Jan. 6 Capitol riots would be to issue a call to unity and urge the n...

ALBANY — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul delivered her first State of the State address Wednesday, outlining an agenda for an economic comeback from the co...

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand announced Wednesday bipartisan legislation to establish COVID-19 and pandemic response centers of excellence programs at ...

It’s hard to beat the arrogance of Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm, who actually admitted back in 2007 that his low-bail policies wou...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Criminal justice reform advocates and some state lawmakers have been working to change Pennsylvania’s probation system for years, a...

ALBANY (AP) — Eric M. Smith, who was 13 when he killed a 4-year-old boy with a rock in an infamous Steuben County case, has been granted parole. Smith...

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul has selected Brian Benjamin, a state senator from New York City, as her choice for lieutenant governor, according to a pers...