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(Airs 05/29/26 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Nearly two months past the April 1 deadline, New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed the 2027 state budget, the new budget contains 1 billion dollars in rebate checks, and upstate cities are in line to get millions of dollars to help close local budget gaps.
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Office of the Governor
The tardy state budget has set the stage for a hectic week before legislators go home.
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Max Schulte
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Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislative leaders also have committed to additional funding for Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Yonkers, Albany and Mt. Vernon in future years. -
The good news: The budget is passed. The bad news: It was due two months ago. -
Many home security cameras picked up the image of an object falling to earth, disappearing in a flash… and some say they heard a loud boom.
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Several artists, including country singer Martina McBride, have withdrawn from the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C.
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A novel pill helped people with advanced pancreatic cancer live longer, researchers reported Sunday, raising hopes of long-needed better treatments for one of the deadliest types of cancer. -
On the fringes of Israel's far right, some activists and political leaders dream of a Greater Israel, extending the country's area of control into neighboring countries.
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Kenya's Lake Turkana is the world's largest permanent desert lake. Its waters have long sustained hundreds of thousands. Now the lake is facing multiple threats — and threatening those who rely on it.
