NORTH RIVER — Former U.S. speedskater and child victims advocate Brigid “Bridie” Farrell is running for Congress in New York’s 21st Congressional district.
The state’s Independent Redistricting Commission will hold a series of preliminary hearings …
Restaurant owners, distillers and other eateries blasted the state Legislature on Thursday a…
NEW YORK — New York’s state of emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic will end this week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, after remaining in effect for more than 15 months.
MALONE — Both Democrats and Republicans decided contested primaries Tuesday, choosing the candidate to compete for an open ten-year seat on the Franklin County Court bench in November.
MALONE — When voters head to the polls on Tuesday for the June primary, both Democrats and Republicans will decide contested elections, choosing their preferred candidate to compete for an open ten-year seat on the Franklin County Court bench in November’s election.
ALBANY — State lawmakers pushed support this week for a proposed law to stop law enforcement agencies from colluding with federal immigration officers to protect undocumented immigrants.
ALBANY — State lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to add a Corrections Law provision that prohibits double bunking in prison dormitories.
PLATTSBURGH — Canadian leaders are reportedly contemplating steps that could loosen northern border restrictions as early as June 22, news North Country officials embraced with open arms Tuesday.Assemblyman D. Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay Lake) was among the voices, feeling “our pleas for a pha…
ALBANY — Lawmakers are pushing in their last scheduled days of session for the year to vote on a bill that would expunge the criminal records of millions of New Yorkers.
MALONE — Republican gubernatorial candidate Andrew Giuliani visited Malone Tuesday afternoon, meeting with local officials over lunch at Donovan’s Steak & Ale on Route 11 and talking about his campaign’s emphasis on deregulation and cutting taxes.
AKWESASNE — What was supposed to be an unopposed race for Chief became a close race when a write-in candidate came within 25 votes of winning in the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe 2021 election .
ALBANY — New York State Sen. Joseph Griffo, R-Rome, announced today that legislation he sponsored repealing the state’s prohibition on barbering on Sundays has been passed by the state Senate.
ALBANY — Lawmakers are pushing in their last scheduled days of session for the year to vote on a bill that would expunge the criminal records of millions of New Yorkers.
MALONE — Four candidates are vying for two spots on the board of education for Malone Central School District.
BRUSHTON — All four members of the Brushton-Moira Central School District Board of Education up for reelection, returned petitions and are seeking additional three-year terms representing the district.
MALONE — Four candidates returned petitions for Malone Central School District’s Board of Education, and will compete for two seats on the board in May’s election.
A second former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo is accusing him of sexual harassment, saying the governor asked several questions about her sex life and made her feel “horribly uncomfortable and scared.”
WASHINGTON — The House approved President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan early Saturday and sent it to the Senate, as Democrats defied united GOP opposition to advance the massive relief package aimed at stabilizing the economy and boosting coronavirus vaccinations and testing.
ALBANY — State Democratic representatives Thursday called for an independent investigation into recent sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo by a former member of his administration.
MALONE — Thomas Soucia will seek election to a vacant seat on the Franklin County Court bench following Judge Robert G. Main Jr.’s retirement.
MALONE — Mayor Andrea Dumas has joined the office of Dan Stec, R-Queensbury, as a community liaison.
MALONE — The state’s 2021 political calendar is about to get underway with the first day for signing designating petitions set for Tuesday, March 2.
MALONE — Craig Carriero will seek election to a vacant seat on the Franklin County Court bench following Judge Robert G. Main Jr.’s retirement.
ALBANY — The state Health Department’s sluggish release of COVID-19 nursing home data came to a head Thursday night after it was revealed that a top aide to the governor admitted to withholding the total number of virus deaths in state facilities.
WATERTOWN — Educators nationwide have expressed concern over the state of public school buildings and their ability to combat the spread of COVID-19 among students, and Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand wants to help.
ALBANY — The state will begin ambitious plans for a $306 billion investment in public infrastructure, transportation and education projects to jump start New York’s economy in the wake of financial devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday to complete hi…
ALBANY — The state will use thousands of public distribution sites across New York to expedite the COVID-19 vaccine to essential workers, the elderly and eventually the general public as officials expect immunization supply to increase in the coming months.
WATERTOWN — Some people are already receiving their $600-per-person stimulus payments, which were included in the most recent package of coronavirus aid legislation passed last week. The first deposits were made late Tuesday night.
NEW YORK — The state’s new executive order limiting in-person gatherings inside private homes to 10 people has been met with considerable criticism, including law enforcement wondering how their officers can enforce this rule.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday he will not accept an upcoming pay raise next year as the state faces an estimated $50 billion budget deficit over two years.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Wednesday he expects COVID-19 cases to exponentially surge nationwide in the coming weeks — especially with next week’s Thanksgiving holiday.
By AARON CERBONE
Voter turnout across New York’s 21st Congressional District was high this year.
While absentee ballots remain to be counted, it appears Republican incumbent Rep. Elise M. Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, has won her bid for re-election to 21st Congressional District.
MALONE — Republican Brian Taylor appears to have defeated Democrat Nate Hathaway in the race to fill a vacant position on the Town Board.
This weekend, several dozen people will arrive at secret locations in West Virginia and Colorado to ride out the election and its aftermath. If Tuesday’s vote sparks unrest, Drew Miller’s customers at Fortitude Ranch will be secure behind walls patrolled by armed guards.
MALONE –– A citizens’ committee created by Mayor Andrea Dumas will be seeking public input on the performance of the village Police Department as part of the state’s police reform efforts.
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The two candidates vying to replace Betty Little representing the 45th Senate District in the state Legislature combined to spend more than $200,000 in roughly a three-week stretch entering the final days of the campaign.
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MALONE –– Voters in the village are being asked to choose next week between two candidates for an unexpired term on the Village Board. But the choice has already been made for them.
Health care is once again a big issue in the race for the NY-21 Congressional District seat, as the nation grapples with a pandemic and the U.S. Supreme Court is about to hear a case that could strike down the Affordable Care Act.
PLATTSBURGH — Assemblyman Dan Stec, R-Queensbury, and Clinton County Treasurer Kimberly Davis, D-Plattsburgh, strongly differ on whether the next North Country state senator should be in the Republican minority or Democratic majority.
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo blasted federal officials Thursday after reports the nation’s Health and Human Services secretary plans to fire the U.S. Food & Drug Administration chief as President Donald Trump’s administration clashes over the nation’s approval standards to promptly authori…
PLATTSBURGH — Much was made over the word “banning” during the second and final debate between U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, and Democratic challenger Tedra Cobb hosted by NBC5 at the Strand Center Theatre on Wednesday night.
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, has three times as much money in the bank as her Democratic challenger, Tedra Cobb, as the candidates head into the final sprint to the election.
WATERTOWN — Tedra L. Cobb, the Democratic candidate for the 21st Congressional District race, said health care is personal for her, and she continues to focus on that issue as she runs for the North Country’s House seat a second time.
WATERTOWN — Rep. Elise M. Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, said she’s been hearing multiple concerns from constituents about COVID relief legislation, jobs, health care and the economy these past few months.
WATERTOWN — The candidates for New York’s 21st Congressional District, Rep. Elise M. Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, and her Democratic opponent Tedra L. Cobb, faced off for the first time this election season in a contentious debate Monday afternoon.
State Senate candidate Dan Stec says the state Legislature will need to make some difficult budget decisions in the coming year, especially due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and he has a list of what he would like to cut and what he would like to save if elected.
By AARON CERBONE
