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Commentary: 'Siena’s financial condition is strong'

Siena University President Chuck Seifert speaks during a January 2025 ceremony to commemorate Nobel Hall, the school's new science building. Last...

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Charles F. Seifert And Thomas J. Baldwin Jr

Commentary: No one should have to marry just to get health insurance

Credit: Getty Images. This holiday season, families gathered around extendable tables, brought together by food, love and shared memories. Yet some...

yesterday 2

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Alexa B. D’Angelo

Editorial: Dereliction of duty by Albany's Common Council

Albany Common Council member Tom Hoey, who chairs the body’s Public Safety committee. A note to readers: This editorial repeats phrases and themes...

yesterday 6

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Times Union Editorial Board

Editorial: In Albany, Dorcey Applyrs brings new era and hope for brighter days

Mayor-elect Dorcey Applyrs, left, listens to Mayor Kathy Sheehan speak during an event last month at Albany City Hall. Wednesday is Kathy Sheehan’s...

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Times Union Editorial Board

Commentary: Support nuclear power by extending the Zero-Emission Credit program

Credit: Getty Images. New York is one of a kind. Our ambitions have always inspired others, and our economic decisions send ripples throughout the...

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John Carlson And Greg Lancette

Rensselaer County ballot errors shake confidence in voting system

Ballot results in Rensselaer County's general election were called into question, and then proven to be inaccurate. Paramount to our democracy is a...

wednesday 10

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Times Union Editorial Board

Commentary: Hospice is key to quality end-of-life care. Aid in dying makes investment more urgent.

Credit: Getty Images. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to sign the Medical Aid in Dying Act into law marks a significant moment for New York. It...

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Jeanne Chirico

Commentary: A better way to respond to mental health emergencies

Credit: Getty Images. Last year in the city of Buffalo, the 911 call center dispatched a police car or ambulance, and sometimes both, to someone...

wednesday 7

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Jane Mogavero And Michael Hogan

Commentary: As federal funding shrinks, New York must invest in biomedical research

Credit: Getty Images. New Yorkers pride themselves on leading the nation in medicine, education and innovation. Yet today, with federal biomedical...

wednesday 6

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Whitney Longmate

Letters: Improving education not a simple answer

Letters: Improving education not a simple answer

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

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Jochnowitz: A troll, a crime and a king

Jochnowitz: A troll, a crime and a king

Credit: Getty Images. I grew up in a town on Long Island that had been around since 1665, when, the story goes, settler Richard Smythe made a deal...

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Jay Jochnowitz