The Senate had previously shown some slight disagreement with the Governor’s plan over whether schools should have some ...

BUFFALO, NY — What if bodies of water were guaranteed the kinds of legal rights that would criminalize their destruction? What if communities had the authority to enact laws that prevented pollution, ...

Some forward-looking Illinois lawmakers set up a contest to design a new flag and put it to a vote. In a landslide, a winner ...

The New York State Conservative Party has named its top choices for the Republican nominee in the upcoming special election ...

Lawmakers say there are 26 Assembly members and 12 state senators who would have to either resign or give up their outside ...

Team Trump” candidate Heshy Tischler failed to garner much support in the largely Orthodox Jewish Brooklyn district.

The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) is helping build a decolonial movement for Community Rights and the Rights of Nature to advance democratic, economic, social, and environmental ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul deployed the National Guard as she has weighed transferring prisoners out of state to address the Empire ...

The New York State Senate passed the No Severance Ultimatums ... The Act, which was introduced in January, is now in the Assembly. If the Act becomes law, it would become effective immediately ...

NY lawmakers are privately discussing the prospect of negotiating a two-year delay for the effective date of a law that ...