A 7.1% increase to state school aid won’t cure all that ails New York’s schools. That message was repeated often during more than 11 hours of testimony to a joint budget committee of the state Legislature earlier this week. Increasing state aid only exacerbates New York’s status as ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A statewide court declared Friday that Pennsylvania's expansive two-year-old mail-in voting law is unconstitutional, agreeing with challenges by Republicans who soured on mail-in voting after then-President Donald Trump began baselessly attacking it as rife with fraud ...

Sen. George Borrello is supporting legislation to lessen unemployment insurance taxes on businesses — but that doesn’t mean he’s happy with the state’s handling of its unemployment insurance fund. At issue is the state’s borrowing of $11 billion from the federal government to ...

State and local governments lost at least $117 billion of expected revenue early in the pandemic, according to an Associated Press analysis, but many are now awash in record amounts of money, boosted partly by federal aid. In response to the dramatic turnaround, governors, lawmakers and local ...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York state's mask mandate that requires face coverings in all indoor public places unless the businesses or venues require COVID-19 vaccinations will be extended until at least Feb. 10, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday. "We'll have a temporary extension of our business ...

MAYVILLE – Chautauqua County Legislator Susan Parker, D-Fredonia, wanted to see county government take a stand and encourage “best practices” in the fight against COVID-19 by a passing a motion. She could only get members of her own party to sign the motion in support. During the ...