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Editorial: AI needs smart regulation

Editorial: AI needs smart regulation

Credit: Getty Images. Videos of impossibly smart dogs playing with irresistibly adorable babies. Deceptively convincing non-human customer service...

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Commentary: For inmates abused in New York prisons, justice remains out of reach

Commentary: For inmates abused in New York prisons, justice remains out of reach

Credit: Getty Images. Equal justice under law is a bedrock principle in New York jurisprudence. Unfortunately, for victims of sexual abuse in our...

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Eric T. Schneiderman And Richard A. Dollinger

Editorial: Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.

Editorial: Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.

Credit: Getty Images. In 1897, a young girl wrote to The Sun, a New York City newspaper, asking whether Santa Claus was real. To the delight of...

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Editorial: When it comes to transparency, Hochul is naughty indeed

Photo illustration by Ty Stewart / Times Union archive. Gov. Kathy Hochul has been named to the New York Coalition for Open Government's 'naughty...

24.12.2025 1

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Commentary: Hochul's veto of Grieving Families Act was well deserved

Credit: Getty Images. As the saying goes, the definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over and expect different results. New...

24.12.2025 3

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Michael Coffey

Commentary: To make energy more affordable, double down on renewables

Commentary: To make energy more affordable, double down on renewables

Credit: Getty Images. Recent gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia show that voters are concerned about energy affordability. Here in...

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Michael Hamersky

Commentary: Lawmakers must stop pointing fingers and accept their role in rising utility bills

Commentary: Lawmakers must stop pointing fingers and accept their role in rising utility bills

Credit: Getty Images. As utility bills rise across New York, state lawmakers are bracing for a problem of their own making. They see how...

23.12.2025 10

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Justin Wilcox

Editorial: Stop Trump-branding America

President Donald J. Trump attends the 48th annual Kennedy Center Honors at the Kennedy Center on Dec. 7.  The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for...

23.12.2025 2

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Letters: Repair Cafés build community while cutting waste

Letters: Repair Cafés build community while cutting waste

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

22.12.2025 3

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Editorial: America's looming health care crisis

Editorial: America's looming health care crisis

Credit: Getty Images. Last Wednesday, television viewers across the country tuned in to a prime-time address on the economy by President Donald J....

21.12.2025 6

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Commentary: Get up to speed on Capital Region speed humps

Commentary: Get up to speed on Capital Region speed humps

Credit: Getty Images. You know the feeling: You’re driving along a local road, listening to your favorite podcast, when suddenly your head hits the...

21.12.2025 3

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Jim Crowe