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FILE - The Massachusetts Statehouse is seen in Boston on Jan. 2, 2019. On Friday, July 19, 2024, the Massachusetts House and Senate have agreed on a $58 billion budget deal that includes a plan for free community colleges and would allow the Massachusetts Lottery to move online. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
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Mass. AG permits outside counsel in audit case, ending stalemate
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The Massachusetts attorney general says she’ll allow the state auditor to use outside counsel in her lawsuit against the state Legislature.
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Albany County Young Dems: Party must address affordability crisis
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Kevin Warsh won Senate approval to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve. He takes over at a time when soaring gasoline prices have put upward pressure on inflation.
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Senate confirms Capital Region native Warsh as next Fed chair
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Susan B. Anthony Museum launching system to guide blind and low-vision visitors
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Bruce Blakeman, the Republican candidate for New York governor, talks to reporters in this May 4, 2026, file photo.
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Bruce Blakeman’s legal win could unlock $3.5M for his campaign
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Aging Together with Greg Olsen 5/13/26
May is Older Americans Month. Joining us is Greg Olsen, Acting Director of the New York State Office for the Aging. We'll talk about issues affecting older adults, including social isolation and resources available to help people address them. Ray Graf hosts.
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Grassland Bird Trust tells more about their mission and 2026 Raptor Fest
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Met Opera 2025 - 2026 Season
The Met Opera airs Saturdays at 1 p.m. beginning Dec. 6 through May 30, 2026.
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Sen. Gillibrand presses Trump to end Iran war, signals support for federal gas tax pause
Emyle Watkins
Gas in New York is around $4.59 a gallon right now, but a Congressionally-approved federal gas tax suspension would drop fuel costs by 18 cents a gallon.
May 7, 2026 - Albany, NY - Governor Kathy Hochul makes a budget announcement.
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Disabilities Beat: State budget uncertainty, resident assistant pilot, Wyoming Co. Sheriff's race
Emyle Watkins
American passengers from the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was stricken with hantavirus, arrive in Omaha, Nebraska, after flying from Tenerife, Spain on Monday, May 11, 2026.
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New Yorkers exposed to deadly hantavirus quarantined in Nebraska
Caroline Lewis
Protesters outside New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's office on March 25, 2026, in Albany urged her to back off her push to rollback regulations in the state's climate law.
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Rolling back NY’s climate law, Gov. Hochul says she’s living in ‘reality’
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Jonathan Gross left the Department of Justice earlier this year and has become an outspoken critic of the department's leadership. This month, Gross gave an extensive in-studio interview to Brandon Straka, a conservative influencer and former Jan. 6 riot defendant, and appeared visibly frustrated with the direction of the department under Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general.
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Ex-DOJ official goes public with blistering criticism of his former bosses
Tom Dreisbach
Until recently, Jonathan Gross was a Trump political appointee at the Department of Justice and worked on its "Weaponization Working Group." He has now become a vocal critic of the department.
Great Valley School District culinary coordinator Jenifer Halin cleans up the salad bar in the cafeteria at Great Valley High School in Malvern, Pennsylvania.
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The MAHA movement is coming to school cafeterias. Here's what that means for kids
Joe Hernandez
Voters cast their ballots on April 21 in Arlington, Va. The Virginia Supreme Court has nullified the April referendum on redistricting.
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Voters are caught in the middle as the redistricting battle intensifies
Ashley Lopez, Miles Parks
Isabel Leonard as Mexican painter Frida Kahlo and Carlos Álvarez as her husband and fellow artist Diego Rivera perform in a scene from Gabriela Lena Frank's El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego at New York's Metropolitan Opera.
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Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera dream together again at Met Opera
Jeff Lunden