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A business group is asking the State Thruway Authority to delay a proposed 45% increase in truck tolls and  conduct an audit of the authority’s finances instead. Unshackle Upstate is urging the Thruway Authority to first commission an...
A new poll offers some hope to Senate Democrats who are trying retake the Senate after losing to Republicans two years ago, but the GOP says they are far from worried. A poll by Siena College finds that more New Yorkers would like to see the State...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The Syracuse-based Dinosaur Bar-B-Que chain has selected a site for its Buffalo restaurant and plans to open the eatery next summer.      The company announced Monday that they'll build the restaurant...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the state will give $16 million in grants to communities hit by last year's damaging storms.      The state originally planned to distribute $9 million to 23 counties. But...
NEW YORK (AP) - New York's attorney general says a new state law designed to curb painkiller addiction is a model for the entire country. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Monday that a central database of prescriptions will show...
Governor Cuomo is running ads proclaiming New York’s business friendliness, but a recent set of rankings  finds the state dead last in that category. As Karen DeWitt reports, the truth lies somewhere in between. The ads, commissioned by...