New York State has officially become the first in the nation to recognize Lunar New Year as a statewide holiday ...

Coming off its worst year in more than two decades, Fair Haven Beach State Park in northern Cayuga County needed a boost.

The second lawsuit, filed last February by the Brooklyn-based advocacy group New York Communities for Change, alleged racially polarized voting occurred in Nassau and the redistricting plan "dilutes ...

Two major U.S. state bar associations have pushed back after President Donald Trump took aim at efforts to promote more ...

A creative proposal in Washington’s Legislature could save hundreds of local journalism jobs across the state. Senate Bill ...

Upstate New York would get a new concert venue under Gov. Kathy Hochul's plan for a $35 million upgrade project at the Great ...

Hochul's proposal comes a decade after then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo eyed $50 million in the state budget to "transform" the fairgrounds. Cuomo secured those funds and more, with the state spending more than ...

Seven years after the state spent $63 million from taxpayers to build the New York State Fair Expo Center, Gov. Kathy Hochul ...

If you’re looking for me to sugarcoat the reality we’re facing, I can’t do that,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett tells Harper’s Bazaar ...

The Palisades and Eaton wildfires in Los Angeles County have displaced thousands of homeowners — many of whom have inadequate coverage due to the state’s broken home insurance system. And ...

California may be wooing back private insurers to high risk areas, but the state’s last-resort plan is likely to be overwhelmed by claims due to L.A. fires.

One North Jersey mayor affirms his city's measures to protect undocumented immigrants targeted by federal authorities.