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Editorial: The high-speed sale of Saint Rose

Editorial: The high-speed sale of Saint Rose

Property on the former campus of The College of Saint Rose in Albany is seen Dec. 12, 2024. Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy speaks in August...

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Commentary: Nuclear expansion puts N.Y. on the cusp of a new energy era

Commentary: Nuclear expansion puts N.Y. on the cusp of a new energy era

Credit: Getty Images. Somewhere in upstate New York, a community is about to get a big new factory — clean, quiet and employing hundreds of...

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H.m. “Hash” Hashemian

Commentary: Skip the IDA tax breaks and invest directly in affordable housing

Commentary: Skip the IDA tax breaks and invest directly in affordable housing

Credit: Getty Images. Scripture reminds us that “the laborer deserves to be paid” and that justice must “roll down like waters, and...

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Peter Cook And Rashida Tyler

Editorial: What affordability crisis?

Editorial: What affordability crisis?

Credit: Getty Images. “Our energy costs are way down. Our groceries are way down. Everything is way down. And the press does not report it.” ...

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Editorial: With hemp enforcement, cannabis regulators trade one injustice for another

Editorial: With hemp enforcement, cannabis regulators trade one injustice for another

Police and state cannabis regulators inspect a Rotterdam hemp store, GV Alternatives, in 2023. Among the reasons New York legalized cannabis in...

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Commentary: If Hochul really wants to get rid of outdated regulations, start by allowing wine in grocery stores

Grocery shoppers browse at a Price Chopper in Bennington, Vermont that also sells wine in this 2009 file photo.  Last month, Gov. Kathy Hochul...

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Leroy Comrie And Landon Dais

Letters: A society’s moral test is how it honors its elders

Letters: A society’s moral test is how it honors its elders

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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