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The upcoming solar eclipse, which is occurring in two weeks, will be fully visible in 29 counties in western and northern New York and at least 88% visible in the rest of the state.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul this week took charge of New York’s troubled recreational cannabis rollout, appointing one of her top commissioners to temporarily oversee the process. -
While birth control medicines remain legal in the U.S., some states are placing restrictions on obtaining the pills or contraceptive devices. Gov. Kathy Hochul says in New York, there will be full access. -
New York legislators are beginning what they hope is the final stretch to accord on a state budget before it’s due at the end of the month. -
The latest funding will help finish work on the third and fourth floors of the four-story building. A lot of the work on the lower floors has already been completed. -
Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to raise criminal penalties for anyone who assaults a store employee. Democrats in the Legislature say they'd rather focus more closely on repeat offenders. -
Some state lawmakers want to take health insurance companies out of the business of providing home health care. They say it’s a failed experiment that’s costing the state too much money that could better go to directly paying for that care. -
The proposal is part of the Senate's one house budget plan, which lawmakers will use as a basis of negotiating a final budget with Gov. Kathy Hochul. -
Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to cut $1.2 billion from a home health care program known as consumer-directed care. People who rely on it are objecting. -
New York’s Assembly and Senate are expected to release their own budget plans early next week. -
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget director defended her proposed reductions to the state’s schools, but left the door open to restoring those cuts, now that new numbers show New York’s revenues are up by $1.3 billion.
