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Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at the opening day of the New York State Fair in Syracuse on Wednesday, August 26, 2026.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul said the Trump administration's new tariffs on Canadian goods will hurt New York farmers who are already struggling
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With the war in Iran driving up fuel prices, diesel is now nearly $5.60 a gallon, affecting school districts at the start of the year.
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Jon Ossoff, usually a head down senator, has found a formula to excite Democrats
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Former sheriff's deputy Shannon McManus looks out over the data center project construction site in Boyce, La., last month. He's one of the local residents who has objected to nondisclosure agreements that kept negotiations for the project from the public.
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Tech companies and local officials are covering data center talks in NDAs
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