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Being Speaker of the House is a thankless job these days. A public that distrusts Washington and a sharply polarized Congress helped make it particularly hard for John Boehner.

The federal criminal complaint against New York politicians as the result of an FBI sting was a reminder of how often real-life political scandals can read like the imaginings of Hollywood screenwriters.

Government reform groups say they are pleased that New York Governor Cuomo has now proposed step one in his plan to clean up corruption in state…

The second half of New York’s legislative session begins Monday. It's likely to be dominated by the response to on going bribery and corruption scandals…

Nine more names of New York state Senators and others potentially involved in corruption were made public Wednesday, when a judge ordered prosecutors in…

By Dave Lucashttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-848534.mp3Albany, NY – The chaos that reigned over the last month in…

NEW YORK:Governor Dem - Primary13,658 of 13,899 precincts - 98 %x-Andrew Cuomo (i) 327,150 - 62 %Zephyr Teachout 180,336 - 34 %Randy Credico 19,201 - 4…

New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is scheduled to return to the Capitol Monday to preside over legislative session, for the first time since being…

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A Berkshire County environmentalist group says it plans to appeal the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to remediate the polluted Housatonic…