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Grondahl: Indian Ladder Farms celebrates spring rebirth

Dieter Gehring stands in front of a pizza oven made from a converted 1930s-era fermentation tank from the old Dobler Brewing Co. of Albany that sat...

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Paul Grondahl

Editorial: Francis leaves a legacy of love

Pope Francis died Monday at the age of 88. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, known since March 2013 as Pope Francis, was notably distinct from his papal...

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Churchill: Dorcey Applyrs says she's not Sheehan 2.0

Albany Chief City Auditor Dorcey Applyrs speaks at a 2024 City Hall news conference. Applyrs is running in a June Democratic primary for Albany...

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Chris Churchill

Commentary: Will this be the year the terminally ill get the right to choose death with dignity?

Credit: Getty Images. In 2025 there is once again cautious expectation, as there has been each spring for at least a decade, that New York will...

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Barry B. Perlman

Commentary: RAISE Act is the wrong approach to regulating AI development

Credit: Getty Images. Artificial intelligence is advancing at an unprecedented rate. In the past few years, it has changed the way business is done...

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Paul Lekas

Editorial: Pete Hegseth must go

When this editorial board reviews its assessment of U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, it is difficult not to start with one simple message:...

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Editorial: Harvard schools Mr. Trump

Credit: Getty Images. For a while, it seemed likely that Donald Trump just might succeed in bringing some of America’s most prestigious...

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Commentary: Help more New Yorkers join in the green-energy revolution

Credit: Getty Images. New York has committed to a bold path toward cleaner, healthier and more affordable energy. But for hundreds of thousands of...

22.04.2025 10

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Gabrielle Ortiz And Cordell Cleare

Editorial: The shredding of our rights

Credit: Getty Images. More than 6,000 people living legally in the United States woke up one recent morning to discover they were dead. They were...

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DeWitt: 'Hochul can do better' with CDPAP

Credit: Getty Images. Julie Farrar is as scared as she’s ever been. That’s saying something when you’ve spent all of your 56 years with sacral...

21.04.2025 20

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Karen Dewitt

Editorial: Murder at Mid-State

There is little utility or even justice in comparing homicides, but it is a hard thing to avoid in the cases of Robert L. Brooks and...

21.04.2025 10

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Letters: Cuts to federal funding for libraries make no sense

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

21.04.2025 6

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Commentary: What have evangelicals become?

Joel Perez prays during an "Evangelicals for Trump" campaign event on January 3, 2020, in Miami, Florida.  I recall the oath I took when I enlisted...

21.04.2025 6

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Michael Barrett

Commentary: The case for putting out the welcome mat

Refugees give more to their communities than they take, according to the research of an economist at Hamilton College. This composite image shows...

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Shelly Callahan

Commentary: New York must get serious about fixing Unemployment Insurance

Credit: Getty Images. Unemployment Insurance debt is a perennial problem in New York politics, and Gov. Kathy Hochul, the state Senate, and the...

21.04.2025 5

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Ian Greer

Commentary: Quality Incentive Program improves health outcomes. We can't afford to lose it.

Credit: Getty Images. One-third of all New Yorkers rely on our Medicaid system for health coverage. Most Medicaid beneficiaries are enrolled in...

21.04.2025 4

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Lev Ginsburg

Churchill: Yes, Elise Stefanik could beat Kathy Hochul

Churchill: Yes, Elise Stefanik could beat Kathy Hochul

U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, a Republican, says she may challenge Gov. Kathy Hochul in next year’s race for governor.  Elise Stefanik may have waved a...

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Chris Churchill

All In: Maine is right. Trans youth athletes deserve chance to play.

Attorney General Pam Bondi accompanied by, from left, Riley Gaines, Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Maine, and Education Secretary Linda McMahon speaks during...

19.04.2025 7

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Joyce Bassett

Editorial: Open gates? Hardly.

Credit: Getty Images. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration has moved to release some state prison inmates who are within 110 days of their release...

19.04.2025 6

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Commentary: Civic engagement should start in school

Commentary: Civic engagement should start in school

Credit: Getty Images. Social studies teachers across America have no shortage of conversation starters in their classrooms in 2025. From...

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Andrew Wilkes

Exploring Letchworth State Park in western New York

Exploring Letchworth State Park in western New York

Outdoors writer Gillian Scott and her daughter at Lower Falls in Letchworth State Park in western New York. Middle Falls at Letchworth State Park,...

19.04.2025 10

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Gillian Scott