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ALBANY — Some legislators want to change New York’s campaign finance rules after Gov. Andrew Cuomo used $285,000 in political donations to pay lawyer ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — New cases of COVID-19 are rising rapidly in New York, but it’s no longer up to the state to decide how to respond, Gov. Andrew Cuomo ...

As California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Monday that he has signed a bill to provide another $12 billion in homelessness funding, he brushed off a...

The United States Government on Wednesday extended the closure of the land borders with Canada and Mexico to non-essential travelers until at least Au...

Local unemployment rates crept up slightly in June, state labor officials reported. Cattaraugus County saw its unemployment rise 0.4 points in June, t...

ALBANY (TNS)— Gov.Andrew Cuomo'soffice won't release records detailing overtime payments to junior staff members, arguing those records have been "com...

ITHACA — A $10 million grant aims to help the U.S. dairy industry become at least carbon neutral while supporting farmer livelihoods — and providing i...

COLONIE (TNS)— Police are no longer seizing marijuana, making arrests or issuing tickets for low-level possession for travelers passing throughAlbany ...

ALBANY (TNS) — A series of edits to state voting law — including extending the deadline for absentee ballot returns untilElection Day, digital absente...

With hearings to solicit public input on the redrawing of state legislative and congressional districts set to take place in the coming weeks, state S...

ALBANY — The federal government’s count of the COVID-19 death toll in New York has 11,000 more victims than the tally publicized by the administration...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York state’s daily COVID positivity rate inched past 1% over the weekend, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office, as officials foc...

Chobani, the privately owned Chenango County-based Greek yogurt company, has started the process of filing for an initial public offering that could b...

ALBANY (TNS)— TheState University of New Yorkwill continue its mandatory COVID-19 testing into the fall for unvaccinated students, faculty, and staff....

Maine is the northeastern-most U.S. state. No one really seems to know how it received its name; it’s a bit of a mystery. Interestingly, historical da...

The $139 million the state plans to expeditiously spend to help curb a gun violence “epidemic,” which Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared this week as a state ...

ALBANY (TNS) — Despite recent statements appearing to confirm that information was illegally leaked to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, the state inspector gener...

Two weeks after his emergency powers regarding the coronavirus pandemic ended, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday declared a first-in-the-nation gun violenc...