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All In: Plenty of storylines again in NCAA women’s Final Four

All In: Plenty of storylines again in NCAA women’s Final Four

UConn guard Paige Bueckers (5) drives to the basket against South Carolina guard MiLaysia Fulwiley (12) during the second half of an NCAA college...

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Joyce Bassett

Commentary: Bell-to-bell ban on cellphones in schools is best approach

Commentary: Bell-to-bell ban on cellphones in schools is best approach

Credit: Getty Images. As New Yorkers mark five years since the COVID-19 pandemic upended lives and classrooms, students across the state continue...

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Kimberly Kopko

Commentary: Excessive prison sentences don't make communities safer

Commentary: Excessive prison sentences don't make communities safer

Credit: Getty Images. As a law enforcement professional, I’ve spent my career dedicated to keeping communities safe. But I’ve also seen firsthand...

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Martin Horn

Editorial: A careless approach to care

Editorial: A careless approach to care

Credit: Getty Images. Last year, when Public Partnerships LLC was chosen to administer New York’s home care services program, this editorial board...

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Times Union Editorial Board

Editorial: Death by thousands of cuts

Editorial: Death by thousands of cuts

Employees of the Department of Health and Human Services stand in line to enter the Mary E. Switzer Memorial Building in Washington, D.C., on April...

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Times Union Editorial Board

Grondahl: The origin story of The518.com   

Phat Chiem talks about starting The518.com newsletter over Zoom with his wife, Karley Sullivan, who extended a vacation a few days in Mexico City...

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Paul Grondahl

Commentary: Why does local food initiative leave breakfast off the menu?

Commentary: Why does local food initiative leave breakfast off the menu?

Credit: Getty Images. Raised on a farm in Cayuga County, I grew up eating fresh food grown and preserved by my grandparents. We were surrounded by...

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Laurie Pattington

Commentary: Pass the CARE Act to protect incarcerated mothers and their infants

Commentary: Pass the CARE Act to protect incarcerated mothers and their infants

Credit: Getty Images. Under the Trump administration, Americans are looking to the states to safeguard their fundamental rights and reproductive...

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Serena Martin And Erin Boell

Commentary: State lawmakers, have you forgotten about the opioid crisis?

Commentary: State lawmakers, have you forgotten about the opioid crisis?

Credit: Getty Images. Recently, a leader in the addiction care field said to me: “Our field is in trouble. Not the normal trouble. Real, serious...

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Robert Kent

Commentary: Seneca Meadows landfill is not the problem. Overconsumption is.

A view of a valley in Seneca County that Seneca Meadows landfill is seeking a permit to fill.  As the state Department of Environmental...

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Adriene Emmo

Editorial: Flawed mask ban doesn't belong in the budget, or anywhere else

Editorial: Flawed mask ban doesn't belong in the budget, or anywhere else

A ban on wearing masks in public was repealed during the pandemic. Gov. Kathy Hochul is still pushing to ban wearing masks in public and, with...

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Commentary: The state Supreme Court system needs more judges. But how they're assigned matters.

Commentary: The state Supreme Court system needs more judges. But how they're assigned matters.

Credit: Getty Images. There is a growing statewide crisis in the New York state Supreme Court. Whether it’s litigating a personal injury case,...

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Frank Caruso

Editorial: A Supreme Court ruling worth celebrating

Editorial: A Supreme Court ruling worth celebrating

U.S. Supreme Court rules "ghost gun" kits can be regulated. Might last week’s ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court regarding make-your-own gun kits...

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Churchill: Soccer in downtown Albany? Here's plan 2.0

Churchill: Soccer in downtown Albany? Here's plan 2.0

A rendering by the architecture firm Populous of the proposed Albany soccer stadium, which would anchor a $600 million district and require $150...

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Chris Churchill

Commentary: Housing vouchers will give children the stability they need to thrive

Commentary: Housing vouchers will give children the stability they need to thrive

Credit: Getty Images. New Yorkers don’t always agree on much, but one thing is undeniable: Our state is in the midst of a housing and affordability...

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Barika Williams And Roger Ball

Editorial: Trump v. law firms

Editorial: Trump v. law firms

President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it during an indoor inauguration parade at Capital One Arena in Washington on...

31.03.2025 2

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Times Union Editorial Board

Letters: A former DEC commissioner expresses concern over Zeldin's EPA leadership

Letters: A former DEC commissioner expresses concern over Zeldin's EPA leadership

Letters to the editor can be submitted by sending an email to tuletters@timesunion.com or completing this form. See our guidelines on letters. New...

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Commentary: We have better mental health options than involuntary treatment

Commentary: We have better mental health options than involuntary treatment

Credit: Getty Images. New York policymakers and the public are being encouraged to believe that we have to choose between policies that either...

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Harvey Rosenthal

Commentary: Pay a living wage to the people who make New York livable

Commentary: Pay a living wage to the people who make New York livable

Credit: Getty Images. New York is facing a crisis — not one marked by sudden catastrophe, but by the slow unraveling of its social safety net. The...

31.03.2025 2

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Michelle Jackson

Commentary: Route 17 project will improve safety, ease traffic and lower emissions

Commentary: Route 17 project will improve safety, ease traffic and lower emissions

Advocates for widening Route 17 say the project will sustain the future economic well-being of the Hudson Valley and Catskills.  Mobility isn’t a...

31.03.2025 2

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Daniel Ortega

Editorial: An attack on America’s voting rights

Editorial: An attack on America’s voting rights

Credit: Getty Images. If a politician promised that if elected, he’d make sure people have to jump through bureaucratic hoops to vote from now on —...

30.03.2025 2

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Times Union Editorial Board

Jochnowitz: How much of this will we take?

Jochnowitz: How much of this will we take?

Military veterans and family members of active-duty troops gather in the Chicago to call for the resignation of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on...

30.03.2025 2

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Jay Jochnowitz

Commentary: And the class struggle grinds on

Commentary: And the class struggle grinds on

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont at a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on March 21, 2024. The gap between haves and have-nots is a permanent...

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James Rothenberg

Commentary: Being a state legislator is a full-time job

Commentary: Being a state legislator is a full-time job

Exterior of the New York state Capitol on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. The reputation of the New York Legislature has suffered major blows over the...

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Steven Sanders

Commentary: Five years after COVID, we are sitting ducks 

Commentary: Five years after COVID, we are sitting ducks 

Credit: Getty Images. Five years ago, the world was brought to its knees by a virus. COVID-19 was a textbook case of how a new infectious disease...

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Wafaa El-Sadr And Ayman El-Mohandes