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With New York set to legalize recreational marijuana, the state must be prepared for a surge in marijuana impairment. The data is clear — in every sta...

ALBANY — Nonbinary New Yorkers who currently must declare themselves as male or female to receive Medicaid, food stamps and other public assistance sa...

GOWANDA — A brick house built in the 1870s and home to Polish-born ballet dancer, set designer, choreographer, director and artist Anthony Z. Nellé is...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York lawmakers say it’s finally high time to legalize marijuana in the Empire State. Legislators reached a deal with Gov. Cuomo’s o...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said critics calling for his resignation because of a supposed inability to govern don’t understand his job. “The n...

BATAVIA (TNS) — Nine detainees at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Batavia who received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine Tue...

There were new developments Tuesday in the sexual misconduct scandal involving Rep. Tom Reed, including a former Trump administration official asking ...

Cattaraugus County Republican Party Chairman Robert C. Keis Sr. said Monday he was “very disappointed” with Rep. Tom Reed after he admitted Sunday to ...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York’s shipments of COVID-19 vaccines from the federal government are expected to double in the coming weeks, Gov. Andrew Cuomo sai...

ALBANY (TNS) — This November voters will decide whether the state constitution should be amended to include a right to clean air and water, as well as...

BENEZETTE, Pa. — In rural Elk County, a mile from the $12 million Elk Country Visitors Center, a small herd of elk munched grass beside a new coffee s...

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand wants the federal government to probe problems in the nursing home industry and start prosecuting owners of nursing homes...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York confirmed 8,262 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday as the state continues to find thousands of new cases each day. Also, in Wester...

ALBANY (AP) — New York state residents are getting an extra month to file their state income taxes. State Budget Director Robert Mujica Jr. said Frida...

New York — Outdoor performing arts venues that can hold 2,500 people and up can reopen at 20% of their maximum capacity for concerts and other shows s...

Local sales taxes saw mixed results in February, but most municipalities saw a decrease in collections from the year before. State Comptroller Tom DiN...

ALBANY (TNS) — Hospitalizations in New York due to COVID-19 fell 33 on Tuesday to 4,624. Hospitalizations have been falling since climbing over 9,000 ...

ALBANY (TNS) — Hospitalizations in New York due to COVID-19 rose 140 on Monday to 4,657 while another 51 people across the state died due to the virus...