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WASHINGTON — In the first two months of President Joe Biden’s administration, many of the nation’s most powerful gun violence prevention groups were dismayed with the leadership of the man they thought was going to be their strongest champion. While they ...

ALBANY — The state Joint Commission on Public Ethics discussed and authorized “steps” concerning unspecified “investigative matters” during a specially-called meeting on Friday. That announcement, from JCOPE’s general counsel Monica Stamm, came after a lengthy closed-door executive session held by ...

ALBANY — Dozens of Capital Region school districts will soon be able to establish free childcare facilities for 4-year-olds with the help of funds in the 2021-22 state spending plan. The enacted New York budget pumps $105 million into an ...

WASHINGTON — Tracey Fountain, a mother and medical lab technician from Glenmont, felt a ripple of hope as she watched on her phone while President Joe Biden announced six new executive actions to curb gun violence Thursday. Hundreds of miles ...

ALBANY — When news broke that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo used government staff to help produce a for-profit book, his spokesman asserted that the arrangement was legal: The work was performed voluntarily, he said, and was not a misuse of ...