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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.

WATERTOWN — A mother of a 4-year-old boy had no idea that a registered sex offender who was convicted of sexually abusing three children was living next to her and

WATERTOWN — With the potential of traffic jammed on city streets for hours, the Watertown City School District still plans to open school for half a day during the total

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

Sen. Mark C. Walczyk and Assemblywoman Mary Beth Walsh have teamed up on a bill that would undo the shift of some local elections into even years signed into law

OGDENSBURG — Two area high school students have been recognized for their efforts in helping to expose deceptive tobacco marketing tactics used across the state.

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

ALBANY — Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul has outlined her goals for fiscal year 2025, calling for $233 billion in expenditures, a 4.5% increase from last year’s $229 billion budget.

ALBANY — Sen. Mark C. Walczyk and Assemblywoman Mary Beth Walsh have teamed up on a bill that would undo the shift of some local elections into even years signed

ALBANY — Sen. Mark C. Walczyk and Assemblywoman Mary Beth Walsh have teamed up on a bill that would undo the shift of some local elections into even years signed