The first initiative is the Affordable Broadband Act, which has already taken effect. That made New York the first state to require internet providers to offer qualifying low-income households ...

Governor Kathy Hochul has introduced a legislative proposal aimed at restricting cell phone use in schools across New York ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul has now concluded the annual ritual of offering the State of the State Address; one filled with her vision for the new legislative year, one that is more aspirational than attainable ...

Child crime victims aren’t always accompanied by trauma advocates during legal proceedings. That could change.

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul budgeted $418 million for prison cameras after inmate Robert Brooks was beaten by officers at Marcy Correctional Facility and died.

A potential "bell to bell" cell phone ban in New York State schools has received a warm reception from the legislature after Governor Kathy Hochul proposed the ban during her recent State of the ...

A proposal targets “authorize positive, settle negative” charges and duplicative nonsufficient funds fees, but it would only apply to state-chartered banks.

Financing and regulating health care delivery is one of the biggest responsibilities of state government, yet Gov. Kathy Hochul had remarkably little to say on that topic in ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul is changing her tune about the future of SUNY Downstate’s University Hospital.

Workers affected would be able to access training programs offered by the NY Department of Labor. Businesses in New York that ...

A solar trade association alleges New York Governor Kathy Hochul takes weak positions on solar and energy storage in her 2025 policy agenda.