ALBANY – New York state is strengthening a law requiring companies that handle consumers’ personal data to notify them about any data breaches. Gov. Andrew Cuomo this week signed legislation that expands the law to …
ALBANY – Governor Andrew Cuomo is visiting Utah for a meeting of the nation’s governors. New York’s chief executive left Thursday for the brief trip to Salt Lake City, host to the 2019 National Governors …
ALBANY – New York state is widening its anti-discrimination laws to apply to public school children. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the measure Thursday. Public school students had been exempted from the law under a 2012 …
ALBANY – Portions of two upstate New York highways are being renamed to honor state troopers killed in the line of duty. A bill signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo Wednesday names bridges on Interstate 86 …
BUFFALO – An opioid treatment program developed at the University at Buffalo is expanding to other parts of New York state. The Buffalo MATTERS program works out of hospital emergency rooms, with the goal of …
ALBANY – A new website with an interactive map provides access to New York’s outdoor recreation resources and environmental information. The Department of Environmental Conservation announced its “DECinfo Locator” map on Wednesday. The interactive map …
WASHINGTON – Bills that would legalize and tax marijuana at the national level, and provide opportunities for people convicted of federal pot crimes to clear their records, were introduced Tuesday in Congress. The companion legislation …
WASHINGTON – The Senate gave final legislative approval Tuesday to a bill ensuring that a victims’ compensation fund related to the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money. The 97-2 vote sends the bill …
ALBANY – New York has become the first state to ban the declawing of cats. The measure was signed into law Monday by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo after lawmakers passed it in the spring. Animal …
ALBANY – New York state leads the nation in nonprofit jobs and the wages they support. According to a report released Tuesday by Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, New York had more than 1.4 million nonprofit jobs …
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