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Editorial: Francis leaves a legacy of love

Pope Francis died Monday at the age of 88. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, known since March 2013 as Pope Francis, was notably distinct from his papal...

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Editorial: Pete Hegseth must go

When this editorial board reviews its assessment of U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, it is difficult not to start with one simple message: We...

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Editorial: Harvard schools Mr. Trump

Credit: Getty Images. For a while, it seemed likely that Donald Trump just might succeed in bringing some of America’s most prestigious institutions...

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Editorial: Murder at Mid-State

There is little utility or even justice in comparing homicides, but it is a hard thing to avoid in the cases of Robert L. Brooks and Messiah Nantwi,...

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Editorial: The shredding of our rights

Credit: Getty Images. More than 6,000 people living legally in the United States woke up one recent morning to discover they were dead. They were...

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Editorial: Open gates? Hardly.

Credit: Getty Images. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration has moved to release some state prison inmates who are within 110 days of their release...

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Editorial: The price of hubris

Editorial: The price of hubris

Credit: Getty Images. A few weeks ago, this editorial board roasted members of the state Legislature who were gnashing their teeth over limits placed...

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Editorial: Ignoring the U.S. Supreme Court

President Donald Trump meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office on April 14. Kilmar Abrego Garcia came to the United...

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Editorial: Get the lead out

Editorial: Get the lead out

Credit: Getty Images. Elevated levels of lead have been found in Albany's West Hill neighborhood. New York has long employed a cruel and ineffective...

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Editorial: The wrong way to clean up the budget process

Editorial: The wrong way to clean up the budget process

Times Union photo illustration. State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie talking to the media after Gov. Kathy Hochul presented her 2026 executive budget...

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Editorial: Honesty ought to pay

Credit: Getty Images. If you thought that filing your income taxes could lead to you being arrested or even deported, would you pay your taxes? ...

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Editorial: Pass the discovery reforms

Times Union photo illustration by Jeff Boyer. Imagine a criminal justice system in which people merely accused of a crime were routinely imprisoned...

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Editorial: Airport report makes poor case for Phil Calderone's firing

Eight months after the unfair and untimely dismissal of its former CEO, the Albany County Airport Authority board is still trying to convince everyone...

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Editorial: Squirrelly contrition

Mark Longo with Peanut, a squirrel that was seized in a DEC raid at Longo's home in October 2024. The state Department of Environmental Conservation...

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Editorial: ‘Disappeared’ in America

Credit: Getty Images. The Trump administration has an arrangement with El Salvador to place deported undocumented immigrants and even American...

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Editorial: Tariff madness

Editorial: Tariff madness

Credit: Getty Images. President Donald J. Trump this past week imposed sweeping tariffs built on false premises, based on false numbers and justified...

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Editorial: A careless approach to care

Editorial: A careless approach to care

Credit: Getty Images. Last year, when Public Partnerships LLC was chosen to administer New York’s home care services program, this editorial board...

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Editorial: Flawed mask ban doesn't belong in the budget, or anywhere else

Editorial: Flawed mask ban doesn't belong in the budget, or anywhere else

A ban on wearing masks in public was repealed during the pandemic. Gov. Kathy Hochul is still pushing to ban wearing masks in public and, with...

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Editorial: Death by thousands of cuts

Editorial: Death by thousands of cuts

Employees of the Department of Health and Human Services stand in line to enter the Mary E. Switzer Memorial Building in Washington, D.C., on April 1...

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Editorial: A Supreme Court ruling worth celebrating

U.S. Supreme Court rules "ghost gun" kits can be regulated. Might last week’s ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court regarding make-your-own gun kits...

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Editorial: Trump v. law firms

President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it during an indoor inauguration parade at Capital One Arena in Washington on January...

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Editorial: An attack on America’s voting rights

Credit: Getty Images. If a politician promised that if elected, he’d make sure people have to jump through bureaucratic hoops to vote from now on...

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Editorial: Reckless incompetence

Credit: Getty Images. There’s only one thing more outrageous than the fact that some of the highest officials in government committed a flagrant...

29.03.2025 3

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Editorial: Empty plates in the land of plenty

Credit: Getty Images. Medicaid. Social Security. Housing aid. Threats from the Trump administration to shrink America’s social safety net raise many...

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Editorial: The wrong way to treat friends

Homes are illuminated after sunset in Tasiilaq, Greenland. Editor's note: As this editorial was going to press, the White House announced that Vice...

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Editorial: Consequences for prison strikers

Striking correction officers and their supporters stage a protest along Route 9W near Greene Correctional Facility state prison in Coxsackie on Feb....

26.03.2025 4

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Editorial: No parking, nohow

Credit: Getty Images. This might be news to Beroro Efekoro, but even though he’s an Albany County legislator, he’s still just a regular guy....

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Editorial: An attack on education

Protestors participate in a "study-in" in front of the U.S. Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., on March 21, 2025. With a stroke of...

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Editorial: Pity these poor lawmakers

Times Union photo illustration by Ty Stewart. Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay, center, and Senate Minority Leader Robert Ortt, right, during...

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Editorial: Accountability in the courts

Credit: Getty Images. People with the power to take away other people’s liberty should be open and accountable for the decisions they make. That’s...

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Editorial: Proposal to remake Hudson's government is deeply flawed

Warren Street in Hudson. In Hudson, a small but influential group of residents is pushing a proposal that would strip away the mayor's power, install...

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Editorial: Mr. Trump defies the law

Credit: Getty Images. President Donald J. Trump’s defiance of two court orders barring him from deporting people without due process has thrust the...

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Editorial: A measure of hope for abuse victims

Credit: Getty Images. Before discussing the latest twist in the path to accountability for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, let’s recall some...

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Editorial: A pandemic’s lessons

Signs reminding people about social distancing and wearing face masks are seen at a mall in Monterey Park, Calif., on June 14, 2021. This week marks a...

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Editorial: Shut it down, if you must

Credit: Getty Images. Normally, we would not endorse a shutdown of the U.S. government. But nothing about this moment in American history is normal....

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Editorial: Addiction treatment hits the road

Credit: Getty Images. Methadone is the gold standard for the treatment of opioid addiction because of its ability to reduce cravings and block the...

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Editorial: The arrest of Mahmoud Khalil is an attack on free speech

Mahmoud Khalil Credit: Getty Images. Last month, Vice President JD Vance traveled to the Munich Security Conference and upbraided European leaders...

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Editorial: CDPAP transition is a looming care crisis

Credit: Getty Images. In less than four weeks, tens of thousands of New Yorkers could find themselves cut off from the help they depend on to for some...

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Editorial: CHIPS must not fall

A chips clean room at Albany Nanotech is seen in August 2022, after U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer made an announcement about the impact of the CHIPS &...

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Editorial: Taxpayers deserve transparency

Albany's Central Warehouse on December 3, 2024. In today’s edition of “If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a thousand times”: When you’re...

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Editorial: A great day for Russia

U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office on Friday. The session...

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Editorial: Breathe life into Harriman

Senator Patricia Fahy calls for the redevelopment of a portion of the Harriman State Office Campus on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, in Albany. Building...

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Editorial: Killing the watchdogs

President Donald Trump listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Feb. 26, 2025. What does President Donald Trump have planned that he...

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Editorial: An Rx for hospital care

The exterior of Albany Medical Center Hospital on Tuesday, Jun 11, 2024, in Albany. At last, the state Department of Health’s August report on...

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Editorial: Murky waters in Bethlehem

Filtered tap water flows from Bethlehem resident Jessica Dillon’s kitchen faucet on Jan. 9, 2025. Dillon had a water filtration system installed to...

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Editorial: A misstep from District Attorney Lee Kindlon

Albany County District Attorney Lee Kindlon talks to the media on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Albany. Lee Kindlon, two months into his term as the...

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Editorial: Courts must uphold New York’s Climate Superfund Act

21 states full of greenhouse gas polluters sue New York over its latest climate change-related policy. It is, to put it mildly, disappointing that 21...

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Editorial: The real IRS danger

The headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service in Washington, D.C. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images) The Internal Revenue Service, the federal agency...

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Editorial: A double victory for transparency

The New York Court of Appeals on Eagle Street in Albany. New York’s most impactful response to the national reckoning that followed the 2020 murder...

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Editorial: NY’s prisons are in crisis

Striking correction officers and their supporters stage a protest along Route 9W near Greene Correctional Facility state prison last week in...

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