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U.S. Rep. Tom Reed and his Democratic co-chair of the Problem Solvers Caucus said Tuesday that Congress is “too close” to an agreement on emergency CO...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — Upstate’s top federal judge has ordered all jury trials suspended until March — a full year after the coronavirus pandemic began. Chi...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York expects its first delivery of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine on Dec. 15, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday. That’s assuming the v...

ALBANY (TNS) — State Assembly Democrats on Monday unanimously nominated Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie for another two-year term as speaker of the h...

ALBANY (TNS) — A lot of the money you give to charity doesn’t wind up in charities’ pockets at all, says a damning new report from New York’s attorney...

ITHACA — Cornell has developed the first variety of spring malting barley designed to succeed in New York’s wet climate and support the state’s $5 bil...

ROCHESTER — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned of a post-Thanksgiving uptick Wednesday that could stress hospitals across the state, which has recorded...

Some parts of New York state are headed for the “red zone” due to rising coronavirus cases, Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned Monday. “Parts of Erie County are...

ALBANY — Democrats have clinched a supermajority in the State Senate, making the announcement Monday as they gained enough seats to give them veto-pro...

Ten years ago, a general pessimism began to set in among some pundits and technologists who convinced themselves that America can’t do big things anym...

ALBANY (TNS) — Before New York voters passed a constitutional amendment in 2014 that reformed the state’s redistricting process, critics warned of pro...

Allegany County reported Friday five new deaths due to COVID-19, while the county vaulted past 800 total cases of infection with 44 more residents tes...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York taxpayers get less bang for their buck on federal taxes than almost any other state in the nation, according to a new report f...

New York state residents who might be traveling to neighboring Pennsylvania over Thanksgiving week should be aware of requirements put in place this w...

BUFFALO — Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz says he would not be surprised if communities in his county that are currently operating under the stat...

ALBANY — New York intends to offer driver’s licenses with a nonbinary gender identity marker of “X,” but it could take more than a year before Departm...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — The coronavirus pandemic has created historic unemployment, leaving record numbers of families struggling at exactly a time when it i...

ALBANY — Hospitalizations due to the coronavirus in New York rose Sunday to their highest level since June 10 and have increased more than fourfold si...