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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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Hochul talks tough on tariffs during opening day of the New York State Fair
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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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Albany County Executive Dan McCoy is speaking at a lectern with the county's seal. Albany County District Attorney Lee Kindlon is standing behind him. They're both wearing suits. The room is too boring to be worth describing.
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Albany County DA investigating defunct firm that took county funds
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Rennsselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin holding a letter from Governor Kathy Hochul in a Facebook post, 7/30/26.
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Rensselaer County sues NY to keep 287(g) agreement with ICE
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Hochul blasts Trump's efforts to curtail voting by mail
Samuel King
Gov. Kathy Hochul was responding to a Supreme Court decision that's cleared the way for the Trump administration to implement the president's mail-in voting executive order.
Nev Jones (center) presents information on a laptop to members of her research team at the University of Pittsburgh Path Lab in an undated photo.
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NYS Kendra's Law independent evaluation authors claim the state is misrepresenting their findings
Emyle Watkins
People walking along Ontario Beach in the Charlotte neighborhood. The beach is within the Rochester Embayment, which shed its designation as a Great Lakes area of concern on Tuesday.
Jeremy Moule
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Trump's pitch to rename Lake Ontario belies its history
Brian Sharp
A New York state law limiting cooperation with ICE went into effect Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026.
Mike Groll
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NY counties resisting law limiting cooperation with ICE hit with subpoenas
Jimmy Vielkind
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on June 24, 2026 in New York City.
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Immigration arrests soar, hitting 50,000 in July
Vanessa Romo
Since taking over in March, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin has pivoted from the confrontational style of immigration enforcement of his predecessor, Kristi Noem. The latest data is reflective of a strategy that is working
Jane Arraf
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Greetings from Karbala, Iraq, where millions gathered for a Shia pilgrimage
Jane Arraf
Indiana is the latest state to experiment with limiting what hospitals can charge, to try to get a handle on high health costs.
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States try new tactics to bring down high hospital prices
Alex Olgin
A U.S. Postal Service worker loads mail-in ballots onto a truck in 2022 in Miami.
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Judge clears the way for Postal Service work on Trump's mail-in voting order for now
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