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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has cancelled an upcoming hearing in Saratoga County on a controversial PFAS processing permit at the applicant's request.
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(Airs 06/05/26 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: With pharmacies around New York closing at high rates, local advocates are trying to pass legislation to revitalize the industry, additional funding in the budget should help avoid major service cuts, but Upstate transit agencies say more funding is needed, and the black-crowned night heron could disappear from New York City in 10 years.
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If signed by the governor, it would be the first of its kind in the country.
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Efforts aimed at lowering ticket prices for concerts or sporting events appear to have stalled again in Albany.
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There already are portable work zone cameras on roadways like the Thruway. Now, they can be deployed on all New York State Department of Transportation highways. -
A New York City Bird Alliance study predicts that black-crowned night herons may disappear from New York City Harbor by 2037.
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At the National World War II Memorial, historian Alex Kershaw has found an unlikely way to keep D-Day alive: live social media posts timed to the events of June 6, 1944.
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In Virunga National Park, rangers are on the front lines — playing a critical role to contain the surging virus while coping with an upsurge in conflict-related violence. -
The Israeli military confirmed hitting a vehicle and said the incident is being reviewed. Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun called the strike "a flagrant violation to Lebanese sovereignty and international law." -
NPR has tracked deported Filipino sailors who say they were accused without evidence of possessing child sexual exploitation material. Almost none have been charged or prosecuted.
