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Commentary: Hochul can stand up for democracy by signing FOIL bill

Times Union photo illustration. Democracy across America faces historic threats. We feel it here in New York and ask: What can our state’s elected...

yesterday 10

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Tom Speaker

Commentary: Go all in on energy projects before federal incentives expire

Commentary: Go all in on energy projects before federal incentives expire

Credit: Getty Images. The Trump administration is sending a troubling message to communities across America: You’re on your own when it comes to...

thursday 8

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Paul Tonko And Julie Tighe

Editorial: Justice not served in Columbia County

Former Columbia County District Attorney’s decision to ignore the state’s 2019 discovery laws served neither justice nor the alleged victim. The...

thursday 4

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Times Union Editorial Board

Commentary: Feeding the hungry is a moral imperative, not a political bargaining chip

Commentary: Feeding the hungry is a moral imperative, not a political bargaining chip

Mount Ida Food Pantry volunteers Iris Chiang, left, and Kara Gilmore help people pick out food on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, at Mount Ida Preservation...

thursday 3

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Patricia Fahy

Editorial: Dereliction of duty in Sullivan County

Editorial: Dereliction of duty in Sullivan County

The Sullivan County jail. On the evening of Aug. 24, Sincere McNeal was arrested in the village of Monticello along with two other men during a...

thursday 1

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Editorial: Why is it so hard for the Schoharie County Board of Supervisors to fo

Clifford Hay, the Schoharie County Democratic commissioner for the Board of Elections, was reappointed by the Board of Supervisors after failing to...

04.11.2025 2

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Times Union Editorial Board

Letters: We need law enforcement's help to resist

Letters: We need law enforcement's help to resist

Letters to the editor can be submitted by sending an email to tuletters@timesunion.com or completing this form. See our guidelines on letters....

04.11.2025 2

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Commentary: Proposed changes to federal housing program could leave vulnerable New Yorkers out in the cold

Commentary: Proposed changes to federal housing program could leave vulnerable New Yorkers out in the cold

Credit: Getty Images. Since 1994, military veterans, victims of domestic violence, individuals who struggle with mental illness and others with...

04.11.2025 2

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Michelle Sandoz-Dennis

Editorial: D.C. impasse produces political hunger games

Editorial: D.C. impasse produces political hunger games

Mechanicville Area Community Service Center’s food pantry shelves are thinly stocked on Wednesday. Similar facilities around the nation braced for...

02.11.2025 2

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Times Union Editorial Board

Commentary: What if Robert F. Kennedy Sr. had lived?

U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy Sr., a Democratic presidential candidate, speaks at a campaign stop in Indiana in May 1968. He was shot on June 5,...

02.11.2025 20

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William Hogan

Levy: A bellwether on Long Island

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and President Donald J. Trump speak at Republic Airport on Long Island. Trump was on his way to attend the...

02.11.2025 2

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Lawrence Levy

Commentary: Do we have a right to be forgotten online?

Credit: Getty Images. It’s not the world’s biggest problem, but it’s a quietly dehumanizing one. Imagine that when someone types your name into a...

02.11.2025 1

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Jay Werther

Editorial: License controversy raises questions no one is answering

Editorial: License controversy raises questions no one is answering

Conflicting federal and state explanations obscure the truth behind a viral CDL case. The commercial driver’s license at the heart of a viral storm...

31.10.2025 10

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Times Union Editorial Board

Editorial: Honoring the 2025 Citizens Laureate

At the University at Albany Foundation's Citizen Laureate Awards dinner on Oct. 30, 2019.  Thomas Tyrrell, Marcia J. White and Andrew Berglund have...

31.10.2025 3

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Commentary: Steamboats and telegraphs? Get obsolete laws off New York's books.

Commentary: Steamboats and telegraphs? Get obsolete laws off New York's books.

Credit: Getty Images. Section 10-B of the state General Business Law currently requires many international money transfers to be conducted by...

31.10.2025 5

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Alex Bores And Heather Mulligan

Commentary: Nuclear power is wrong for New York, environmentally and economically

Credit: Getty Images. Gov. Kathy Hochul insists that nuclear power is the future for New York. We at the American Indian Law Alliance strongly...

31.10.2025 2

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Betty Hill And Adam Dj Brett