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The area’s state assemblyman is calling for the state to raise a major source of road paving funds in the upcoming state budget. Assemblyman Joe Sempo...

ALBANY (TNS) — The economic conditions that have tightened household budgets for many Americans have hit older adults especially hard, with the number...

Following what New York state corrections officers say is a surge in incidents in which prison staff have fallen ill after exposure to inmates suspect...

Below-freezing temperatures and intermittent snow showers have stopped the students at area school districts from experiences outside their classrooms...

NEW YORK (TNS) — One New York City department is seemingly not ready to play ball with PresidentDonald Trumpas he continues to issue executive orders ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing the Eastern hellbender as an endangered species. A group of determined young...

WASHINGTON — Rep. Elise Stefanik pledged Tuesday to push President Donald Trump's "America First" stance if confirmed as U.S. ambassador to the United...

ALBANY — Students throughout New York state might have to give up their cellphones during school hours starting next fall under a proposal announced T...

Dairy farmers and agriculture officials are lauding a change in federal milk pricing that they say will provide more fairness and economic stability f...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The federal government andNew Yorkhave finalized an agreement worth $825 million to help make theEmpire Statean international hub f...

ALBANY — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul pitched voters on a series of populist economic policies — floating proposals to hand out free money, slash taxes ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced that the Col. William F. Fox Memorial Saratoga Tree Nursery’s annual spring seed...

In the wake of a series of alarming crimes linked to individuals with histories of serious mental illness, state Sen. George Borrello criticized what ...

New Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski of Canisteo was officially sworn into office on Jan. 2. But he enjoyed another ceremonial swearing-in Tuesday with his...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — Drivers and their vehicles can now be banned from theNew York State Thruwayif tolls are not paid. WTEN reports a new regulation adopt...

NEW YORK (TNS) — A New York Lottery player has claimed a $3 million prize on a scratch-off game. Sean Sweeney of Niagara Falls has claimed the prize o...

ALBANY (TNS) — Gov.Kathy Hochulhas proposed a major expansion of the state's child tax credit — a win for the child poverty advocates who have long pu...

NEW YORK (TNS) — While you can get arrested for taking a Louisville slugger to both headlights, you can't get arrested for cheating on your spouse any...