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ALBANY — Lawmakers passed the last bills that make up the state budget on Saturday, finalizing what proved to be a nearly three-week-overdue spending plan.

ALBANY — Progress on passing the 2024-25 New York state budget continued on Friday, with eight of the 10 bills that make up the spending plan printed by 5 p.m.,

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ALBANY — Basil Seggos, who has been New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner for the better part of a decade, announced Wednesday that he will step down from his

ALBANY — New York’s Republican legislators want to end New York’s status as a “sanctuary state” and put an end to the laws and rules that prevent sta

N.Y. Republicans push to end state ‘sanctuary status’ for immigration

ALBANY — New York’s Republican state legislators are roundly criticizing a state mandate enacted in 2022 that requires school districts to transition to electric school buses in the next four

MASSENA — Massena Central School board members have had a change in plans to meet with elected officials, a move they say will save time and money.

LAKE PLACID — Millions of dollars in state grants are coming to the north country villages of Canton, Alexandria Bay and Lowville through the Downtown Revitalization Initiative and the NY

ALBANY — On Wednesday, New York’s Republican state Senators laid out their own ideas for how to address some of the key issues Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul identified in her