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Siena College President Chris Gibson, UAlbany President Havidán Rodríguez and College of Saint Rose President Marcia White came together today to discuss plans for the return of students to Albany County for the spring semester.

Colonie Town Supervisor Paula Mahan has delivered her final state of the town address.

An Albany Common Councilor in his final year after more than two decades in office is proposing a radical change in city politics.

The Albany Policing Reform and Reinvention Collaborative has presented its draft final report.

New polls are shining a light on two of the most pressing social issues of our time: COVID and race relations.

Activist Lukee Forbes, a fixture at protests and community events throughout the Capital Region, says he’s running for mayor of Albany.

After being spurned by Major League Baseball, the Tri-City ValleyCats have found a new league for the 2021 season. 

As municipalities comply with Governor Andrew Cuomo's directive to reimagine local police policies, much of the attention has been on big city departments. But smaller forces have been taking a look at their own practices, too.

Officials are celebrating the selection of the Port of Albany as the first offshore wind tower manufacturing site in the United States.

Troy Mayor Patrick Madden says he has recovered from a bout with COVID-19. WAMC's Capital Region Bureau Chief Dave Lucas spoke with the second-term Democrat earlier this week.

The American Cancer Society has released its annual facts and figures report and there is some promising news.

State capitols across the region are beefing up security amid heightened safety concerns following last week’s violence at the U.S. Capitol.

The Albany Policing Reform and Reinvention Collaborative will begin working on its draft report after its public comment period ended Monday night.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says his 2021 agenda includes addressing a $15 billion budget deficit partly by legalizing recreational marijuana. Some area lawmakers have concerns.

Albany County, the city of Albany, and Mohawk Ambulance are partnering to distribute the coronavirus vaccine to seniors.

A new survey finds consumer sentiment among New Yorkers was largely unchanged from the third to fourth quarters in 2020.

There's new life in the cards for the long dormant Tobin Packing Company grounds in West Albany.

The COVID-19-related deaths of nine nuns at a Latham convent have made international headlines.

Capital Region schools have been getting mixed messages from Albany County amid a state-high COVID-19 rate.

Albany County officials have announced applications for small business grants will open on Monday.

One thing 2020 will be remembered for: the emergence of the face mask as a way to help protect against COVID-19.

Capital Region municipal leaders continue to warn of looming cuts after the latest federal COVID relief package left out direct aid to states and localities.

In April, the early days of the pandemic, the Center for Law and Justice in Albany published a 15-page report on structural racism and public safety in the city. Among other things, the report called upon city leaders to acknowledge the existence of structural racism in the police department. A month later, there were nationwide protests over similar issues following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.

Troy Mayor Patrick Madden is under quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19.

Activists recently held a Zoom meeting to discuss the ongoing effort to regulate the Norlite incinerator in Cohoes. The commercial hazardous waste-burning operation is in a densely populated urban neighborhood in the Albany County city.

The Cohoes Common Council has passed a local law putting a levy on the income received by Norlite for its treatment and disposal of hazardous waste.

Leaders of Capital Region hospitals gathered at Albany Medical Center Tuesday afternoon to give an update on COVID-19 and vaccine distribution efforts.

Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan is running for re-election, saying the challenges of 2020 have led her to seek a third term.

COVID-19 vaccines continue to be distributed in New York’s Capital Region, but there's a new threat: a chance that a variant of the coronavirus may already have arrived in the U.S.

When the pandemic struck early this year it crippled the arts economy. Albany’s Palace Theatre went into a near total shutdown. The venue is hanging on for dear life.