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Editorial: One Big Ugly Bill

Editorial: One Big Ugly Bill

Credit: Getty Images. The more we learn about the One Big Beautiful Bill, the uglier it gets. We won’t begin to attempt to dissect all that’s wrong...

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Commentary: How to find what you aren’t looking for

Commentary: How to find what you aren’t looking for

Graduates from Albany High School listen to speeches as they await their turn to cross the stage at the MVP Arena on June 30, 2024. As graduating...

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Jeff Frank 

Jochnowitz: Trump TV, making television great again

Jochnowitz: Trump TV, making television great again

Times Union photo illustration / Getty Images. Dear Valued American, I am thrilled, probably more thrilled than any president (including the late...

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Jay Jochnowitz

Commentary: Even in New York, not everyone can exercise their reproductive rights

Commentary: Even in New York, not everyone can exercise their reproductive rights

Credit: Getty Images. It’s been three years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the constitutional right to abortion and sending...

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Elizabeth Estrada

Churchill: Dan Cerutti still has more to give

Churchill: Dan Cerutti still has more to give

Albany mayoral candidate Dan Cerutti addresses supporters after the Democratic primary on June 24, during a gathering at Martel’s Restaurant. Like...

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Chris Churchill

Commentary: Hochul sacrificed students' education for political gain

Commentary: Hochul sacrificed students' education for political gain

Demonstrators gather on the steps of the state Education Building in Albany on Oct. 3, 2022, to protest state oversight of yeshivas. The state...

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Steven Sanders

Bassett: WNBA’s Lynx playing for a Minnesota in mourning

Bassett: WNBA’s Lynx playing for a Minnesota in mourning

Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier, right, is shown during a 2024 game. I picked the Minnesota Lynx to win the WNBA championship this year....

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Joyce Bassett

Editorial: Do your job, Congress

Editorial: Do your job, Congress

Credit: Getty Images. Only one of the two possible outcomes of the U.S. bombing of Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities can be true: Either they...

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Wetlands don't just protect the natural environment. They're part of the business ecosystem, too.

Wetlands don't just protect the natural environment. They're part of the business ecosystem, too.

A heron hunts for fish in wetlands in Suffolk County, Long Island. New York has long been a leader in environmental protection, and the state’s...

26.06.2025 2

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Liza Lamanna

Editorial: Take action on prison reform

Editorial: Take action on prison reform

A correction officer stomps on the genital area of Robert L. Brooks as other officers hold him down on an infirmary bed at Marcy Correctional...

26.06.2025 10

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Grondahl: This Manhattan tour was 'lit'

Grondahl: This Manhattan tour was 'lit'

A group of Capital Region "literary nerds" begin their literary tour in Manhattan at the Algonquin Round Table, where The New Yorker magazine was...

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Paul Grondahl

Editorial: Where's that Saratoga shelter?

Editorial: Where's that Saratoga shelter?

A man sleeps on a Congress Street bench in Saratoga Springs.  Saratoga Springs Commissioner of Public Safety Tim Coll wasn't necessarily wrong when...

25.06.2025 2

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Churchill: Applyrs chewed up Cerutti and spat him out

Churchill: Applyrs chewed up Cerutti and spat him out

Dorcey Applyrs greets supporters at the Common Roots Brewing Company after winning a four-way Democratic Party primary for mayor of Albany on...

25.06.2025 2

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Chris Churchill

Bassett: Berliner edges Cavotta to capture 12th Donald Ross Classic

Bassett: Berliner edges Cavotta to capture 12th Donald Ross Classic

Glens Falls assistant pro Scott Berliner is shown on May 20 competing in the Northeastern New York PGA Stroke Play Championship at Saratoga...

25.06.2025 1

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Joyce Bassett

Commentary: Streamlining government will make the state more efficient and accountable

Commentary: Streamlining government will make the state more efficient and accountable

Credit: Getty Images. Every day, New Yorkers’ lives are affected by government in ways large and small. A well-functioning government is essential...

25.06.2025 1

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Jeanette Moy

Editorial: Take this test elsewhere

Editorial: Take this test elsewhere

Soil contaminated with PCBs is dredged from the Hudson River in Fort Edward, Washington County, on August 11, 2009. If any place has reason to be...

24.06.2025 3

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Churchill: Sheehan makes her case as Albany chooses her replacement

Churchill: Sheehan makes her case as Albany chooses her replacement

An image of a mailer city residents received from Mayor Kathy Sheehan’s office before Tuesday’s Democratic primary. Sheehan is not running for...

24.06.2025 2

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Chris Churchill

Commentary: Why did N.Y.'s Republican congressmembers vote to take health care access away from thousands of New Yorkers?

Commentary: Why did N.Y.'s Republican congressmembers vote to take health care access away from thousands of New Yorkers?

Credit: Getty Images. Imagine your local health center shutting its doors — no warning, no alternative, just gone. That’s the future that...

24.06.2025 3

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Robin Chappelle Golston