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GENEVA — Specialty crop entomologists from Cornell AgriTech and the New York State Integrated Pest Management Program will use a $450,000 grant from t...

ITHACA — Smart thermostats — those inconspicuous wall devices that help homeowners govern electricity usage and save energy — may be falling into a du...

NEW YORK (AP) — Officials in New York City declared a public health emergency due to the spread of the monkeypox virus Saturday, calling the city “the...

ALBANY (TNS) — State and local health officials are investigating a case of polio identified last week inRockland County, the first theU.S.has seen in...

ALBANY (TNS) — Mike Long, the longtime chair of the state Conservative Party who used the third party’s clout to influence Republican policy in a blue...

Republicans in New York seized on Thursday’s physical attack of gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin to highlight their ongoing opposition to bail refor...

ALBANY (TNS) — Some 32,000 state employees and other public sector workers received a nice surprise in this year’s budget that many may not even know ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand joined 21 Senate colleagues Friday in calling on federal health agencies to acknowledge what she said are in...

NEW YORK — A man has been charged with attempted assault after brandishing a sharp object and attacking U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin as the Republican candida...

ALBANY (TNS) — A year ago, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo declared that New York was facing a state of emergency caused by gun violence. The administration bill...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York is prepping for a potential fall surge in COVID cases when schools reopen by stockpiling tests and keeping mask mandates on th...

OLEAN — The good news is that the temperatures should moderate somewhat following today’s broiling heat; however, the forecast through the weekend is ...

ALBANY (TNS) — Overtime costs at state agencies hit record highs in 2021, according to a new report released by Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The fi...

Average gasoline prices in New York have fallen 10.7 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.66 per gallon early Monday, according to GasBuddy...

ALBANY (TNS) — During the second meeting of the Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Board last month, advocates were stunned to learn that the state Divis...

JAMESTOWN — State Sen. George Borrello says the governor and state attorney general should “accept the will of the people” and drop their appeal of a ...

ALBANY (TNS)—The Cannabis Control Boardon Thursday formally agreed that the first set of businesses to sell retail marijuana will include profitable b...

ALBANY — Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay issued a statement last week denouncing Gov. Kathy Hochul’s handling of a pending investigation into...