Assemblyman John McDonald

It has been more than a week since New York state lawmakers missed an April 1st deadline to reach an agreement on this year’s budget. Capital Region lawmakers say negotiations continue behind closed doors.

Capital Region state lawmakers are introducing a bill to require housing and retail space on Albany's Harriman Campus as part of the Wadsworth Labs project.

Now that the new session has begun, New York state lawmakers are gearing up for Governor Kathy Hochul's State of the State address Tuesday.

New York state Senator Pat Fahy was sworn in Friday to represent the 46th district after a long career in the Assembly.

Governor Kathy Hochul has signed the Climate Change Superfund Act into law, making New York the second state in the country to hold fossil fuel companies responsible for climate impacts.

An effort to have officials to help break the contract stalemate between Albany Medical Center and the New York State Nurses Association is getting a lukewarm reception.

New York state funding is supporting new food pantries in the Capital Region.

The contract deadlock between Albany Medical Center and the New York State Nurses Association continues.

The Albany County authority created to purchase the shuttered College of Saint Rose campus in Albany has been handed a defeat.

A New Jersey-based waste company has scuttled plans to build a sludge incinerator in the city of Rensselaer, which is now moving toward officially discouraging similar proposals.