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Commentary: New York conservatives shouldn’t hit the brakes on electric school buses 

Commentary: New York conservatives shouldn’t hit the brakes on electric school buses 

Credit: Getty Images. Some of my fellow New York conservative thought leaders are falling into a trap by reflexively trying to prevent school...

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Jeff Stier

Editorial: Creative resistance

Acrylic street paint used by children taking part in a 2019 public arts camp with the Arts Center of the Capital Region. Their project: to paint...

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Tell us: How’s the school cellphone ban going so far?

Tell us: How’s the school cellphone ban going so far?

Students put their phones away in Yondr cellphone pouches on Sept. 4, 2025, at Steinmetz Freshman Leadership Academy in Schenectady. Back to...

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Commentary: N.Y. can mute the effects of gerrymandering by adopting voting reforms

Credit: Getty Images. The margins in Congress are narrow, and two states are in the process of redrawing their congressional maps to favor one...

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Joan Fucillo

Editorial: Getting played by Putin

Editorial: Getting played by Putin

Firefighters work at a heavily damaged residential building following Russian drone and missile strikes in Kyiv on Sept. 7. That day's biggest-ever...

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Commentary: Let diners bring their own takeout containers to restaurants

Commentary: Let diners bring their own takeout containers to restaurants

Credit: Getty Images. When New Yorkers pick up takeout, they expect dinner — not a dose of PFAS and microplastics. Yet that’s the reality when hot...

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Yayoi Koizumi And Jill Berman

Letters: Pet businesses need more oversight

Letters: Pet businesses need more oversight

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

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Commentary: The lingering tragedy

Commentary: The lingering tragedy

A T-shirt covered in ash and dust from the destroyed World Trade Center towers is seen at a media preview of a New York Historical Society exhibit...

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Christina Stanton

Commentary: Have no fear, President Trump is here!

Commentary: Have no fear, President Trump is here!

A supporter of Donald Trump stands in a street near the White House in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 5, 2024. It’s been a month since President Donald...

14.09.2025 2

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John Ficarra

LeBrun: Welcome back to the Cuomo Show

LeBrun: Welcome back to the Cuomo Show

Andrew Cuomo, former governor and current New York City mayoral candidate, walks the runway at the "Style Across The Aisle" showcase Sept. 10,...

14.09.2025 2

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Fred Lebrun

Editorial: Is this who we are?

People gather at a vigil in Seattle, Washington, on Sept. 10, 2025, after the assassination of Charlie Kirk in Utah earlier that day. In a free and...

13.09.2025 2

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Editorial: The Empire State of Sanity

Credit: Getty Images. Our full enjoyment of the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness largely depends on another right: to have...

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Commentary: All-electric mandate will deepen New York’s housing crisis

Credit: Getty Images. The numbers are staggering: Every $1,000 increase in the price of a home pushes nearly 7,000 New York families out of...

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Mike Fazio

Commentary: New York state's history is our story. We must be the ones to tell it.

Commentary: New York state's history is our story. We must be the ones to tell it.

The longhouse exhibit at the State Museum in Albany. On behalf of the more than 1,200 members of the Public Employees Federation at the state...

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Aaron Noble

Editorial: Storyteller's plight highlights concerns about Saratoga's camping ban

Editorial: Storyteller's plight highlights concerns about Saratoga's camping ban

Bryan Browne, who is homeless, is seen sitting on the sidewalk in front of Kilwin's chocolate shop on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2025, in Saratoga Springs,...

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