Dutchess County Legislature

Amid a national debate over new gun control measures, county lawmakers in New York want firearm retailers to display warning signs.

The Dutchess County Legislature has a new member filling a vacated seat.The Hyde Park Town Board on Monday unanimously appointed Brendan Lawler to…

Members of the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office delivered a presentation Thursday before a county legislature committee about the department’s response to…

Longtime Dutchess County Legislator Barbara Jeter-Jackson has died at age 82.A Poughkeepsie Democrat, Jeter-Jackson has been a part of county and city…

Independent redistricting is another step closer to reality in Dutchess County. The county legislature this week unanimously passed a law amending the…

A former Dutchess County legislator who once lived in Beacon, has died at the age of 87.Jack Dexter, known as “Dex,” died at his home in Parkland, Florida…

The Dutchess County, New York legislature has approved a ban on plastic shopping bags. Despite the near unanimous vote, there was controversy over one…

Dutchess County legislators intend to put forth a resolution to censure one of their own. If passed, the legislature chairman says it would be the first…