NEW YORK — Columbia canceled in-person classes, dozens of protesters were arrested at Yale and the gates to Harvard Yard were closed to the public on Monday as some of the most prestigious U.S. universities sought to diffuse campus tensions over Israel’s war with Hamas. The various ...
ALBANY — The state Legislature passed a $237 billion state budget 19 days late on Saturday, following five budget extensions and a cyberattack on Wednesday morning that slowed the drafting process. The new financial plan includes packages aimed at addressing the statewide affordable housing ...
CHICAGO — As President Joe Biden and Donald Trump step up their campaigning in swing states, a quieter battle is taking place in the shadows of their White House rematch. The Republican National Committee, newly reconstituted under Trump, has filed election-related lawsuits in nearly half ...
ALBANY — In New York state, it is legal to pay disabled workers less than the minimum wage in programs once known as “sheltered workshops,” but the system is slowly being phased out, and it’s facing criticism from some elected officials who want to see sub-minimum wage pay completely ...
BLOOMINGDALE — Applause echoed off glistening pinewood in the newly renovated second floor of the St. Armand Town Hall on Friday as town Justice Francis Whitelaw officially cut the ribbon on the “Honorable Russell G. Slingerland Courtroom.” He’s been holding court up there since ...