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New York state Senate Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris is honored during session on June 1, 2026, at the State Capitol.
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New York state Senate Democrats
New York Democrats set stage for voter referendum to join redistricting fight
Jimmy Vielkind
An amendment would give state lawmakers power to draw new House maps for 2028.
FILE - U.S. Army soldiers cross a floating bridge on the Imjin River during a joint river-crossing exercise between South Korea and the United States as a part of the Freedom Shield military exercise in Yeoncheon, South Korea, March 20, 2025.
Ahn Young-joon
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AP
Pentagon policy illegally banned transgender troops from military, appeals court rules
The Associated Press
Adirondack Park Agency sign outside its headquarters in Ray Brook NY
Pat Bradley
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WAMC
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Adirondack Park Agency changing its livestream platform
Pat Bradley
Lauren Phillips of the Bronx poses with her balcony solar panel. Rosemary Misdary/Gothamist
Rosemary Misdary
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Gothamist
New Yorkers can soon hang solar panels from their windows, if Gov. Hochul approves
Jon Campbell
Vermont Statehouse (file)
Pat Bradley
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WAMC
News
Vermont legislature adjourns biennium after passing compromise education reform bill
Pat Bradley

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The Roundtable
6/2/26 Panel
Joe Donahue
The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are former New York 19th Congressman and NY Assemblyman John Faso, Former Mayor of the City of Albany, New York Kathy Sheehan, and Former Times Union Associate Editor Mike Spain.
University of Central Florida
The commencement risk and rethinking remoras
Lucas Willard
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The Roundtable
6/1/26 Panel
Sarah LaDuke
Legislative Gazette
The Legislative Gazette - Nearly two months past the deadline, Governor Kathy Hochul signs the 2027 state budget
David Guistina

New York Public Media
A female bee emerges from her nest at Webster Union Cemetery in Webster.
Bryan Danforth
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Cornell University
In local cemeteries, bees rise from among the dead
Beth Adams
Cornell researchers discover why cemeteries are havens for ground-nesting bees.
The Robert Emmett Ginna Nuclear Power Plant is located on the southern shore of Lake Ontario, in the town of Ontario, Wayne County.
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Constellation Energy Corp.
Push to pause New York's nuclear expansion faces looming deadline
Samuel King
Darren McGee
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Office of the Governor
Albany lawmakers prepare for mad dash on Trump fund, redistricting as session wraps
Jimmy Vielkind, Jon Campbell
State senators line up to get their paychecks after passing the budget.
Jon Campbell
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New York Public News Network
A rite of Albany: NY lawmakers pass the budget, then line up for paychecks
Jon Campbell
NPR News
NPR
10 new books in June will transport you
Colin Dwyer
With all that's required to reach "dream destinations" these days, another option is to walk to your local public library instead — and pick up one of these new books out in June set across time and place.
Police conduct a search operation at a makeshift camp of migrants who want to cross the English Channel to Britain near Dunkirk, northern France, Wednesday, May 27, 2026.
Jean-Francois Badias
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AP
EU strikes migration deal for more deportations and detention centers abroad
The Associated Press
John Follmer prunes back plants at the Japanese garden on the West LA Veterans Affairs campus in April.
Stella Kalinina for NPR
For veterans, a place where peace can take root
Quil Lawrence
During a measles outbreak this spring in Washtenaw County in Michigan, local health officials worked to contain cases by ramping up contact tracing and testing efforts. People could take a measles test outside the Washtenaw County Health Department offices in Ypsilanti.
Kate Wells
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KFF Health News
Michigan found a way to reduce school vaccine waivers. Until it backfired
Kate Wells