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Allegany and Cattaraugus counties were noted for some of the highest gun death and gun suicide rates in the state, according to a report released by a...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo leads Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro 56-37 percent, according to a Siena College poll of likely New York state general elec...

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo began a school bus tour of New York state Monday intended to build support for a proposal to allow parents or teachers to p...

LOUDONVILLE — Over the last two years, 24 percent of New Yorkers have been prescribed opioids for pain by a doctor, according to Part III of a Siena C...

ALBANY (AP) — Democrats won two special elections for the New York state Senate Tuesday but Republicans will remain in charge of the chamber after a k...

The conviction of a former top aide to Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo spurred fresh demands to address Albany’s culture of backroom dealing Wednesday — ...

When Mary Baldoni, a resident of Eden Heights, was born on Feb. 22, 1918, Woodrow Wilson was president and our boys in the American Expeditionary Forc...

ALBANY (AP) — Led by Republicans, the New York Senate voted to increase state funding to help schools pay for armed police and security upgrades Monda...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Republicans in the New York state Senate blocked an effort by Democrats to force a vote on four gun control bills Wednesday as the...

ALBANY (AP) — Two special legislative elections this spring could give Democrats control of the New York state Senate — and decide the fate of proposa...

Thursday morning, U.S. Rep. Tom Reed, R-Corning, expressed concern over the budget agreement Senate negotiators had hammered out in a bid to avoid a s...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County Legislature committees approved a resolution Wednesday asking state lawmakers to extend the time period for many pi...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leaders announced Wednesday they have sealed agreement on a two-year budget pact that would shower the Pentagon and domestic ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House's top Democrat swung out against a bipartisan budget deal taking shape in the Senate on Wednesday, splashing cold water on...

In a week that saw three more school shootings, bringing the total of school shootings for the first three weeks of January to 11, the New York state ...

ALBANY — Adding a warning to false accusers in the state Senate's newly revised anti-sexual harassment policy is an example of "the type of intimidati...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed took some measure of recognition Tuesday for the action by the bipartisan Senate group credited with sparking the Senate vote Monda...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed, R-Corning, voted to reopen the government Monday, following an earlier vote by the Senate. The vote defers action on the budget un...