Former President Donald Trump gave North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik his “complete and total” endorsement in her bid for re-election in New York’s 21st Congressional District on Wednesday. Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, is the House Republican Conference Chair. She became a staunch ...

The latest campaign finance disclosures show that, in the last quarter of 2021, over $1.5 million was given to the six candidates running for election in New York’s 21st Congressional District. Of the six candidates, incumbent Congresswoman Elise M. Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, raised the ...

PLATTSBURGH — North Country Republican lawmakers decried the state Farm Laborer Wage Board’s decision, announced Friday, to lower the overtime threshold for farm workers from 60 to 40 hours per week. The board voted 2 to 1 to recommend the change, which will be reviewed by state Labor ...

Continuing a trend, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik on Thursday said that she raised more than $5 million in the fourth quarter of 2021, the most money ever raised in a single quarter by a north country congressional campaign. In a press release, the campaign for Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, ...

ALBANY — The state Office for the Aging has failed to ensure low-income seniors get the services they need to remain in their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic even though millions of dollars in funding for county-administered programs has gone unspent, according to a state audit. The ...

WASHINGTON — The government’s main health agency is failing to meet its responsibilities for leading the national response to public health emergencies including the coronavirus pandemic, extreme weather disasters and even potential bioterrorist attacks, a federal watchdog said ...