Opinion

A hodgepodge of stuff today, with no particular theme: Happy birthday, Eliot Spitzer! What’s he up to on his birthday, besides hoping to avoid prison? He’s setting up a fund at his father’s business to […]

Hot enough for ya? As we swelter, (cheesy transition coming) the folks in Albany are sweating out the last days of the legislative year. It seems they’re trying to avoid breaking a sweat. Gov. David […]

Maybe it’s the weather. Maybe it’s the end of the primary campaign season. Maybe it’s a previously undiscovered tear in the fabric of the universe. Whatever it is, it isn’t bringing a lot of news […]

Today’s briefing is an example of government in action, or government inaction. Your choice. Top story: Tax cap A commission says there needs to be a whole bunch of reforms in the area of funding […]

Nothing’s surer than death and taxes — so goes the old saying. But death FROM taxes? If that’s the case, you must be living in New York, where every day is tax day. A commission […]

The sun shines down upon us all on this glorious Monday, even upon the elected officials whose job it is to fill this column with the kinds of items that make you forget what a […]

In this corner, your daily briefing of news from around the state. In the other corner, you. No reading below the belt. Ding! Round one: The gay marriage issue. Gov. Paterson held a news conference […]

In today’s roundup of the news you need to know from around the state, the big item is the Governor’s order to recognize gay marriages performed legally elsewhere. We’ll also bring you up to speed on revoked EZ-Passes, extra tax audits, a group that gets porky with Senator Chuck Schumer and everybody’s favorite canned meat. […]

Our daily roundup of news from all over the state begins with good news for anyone who wants to get into Canada without a passport. There’s also news about budgets, gas prices and, yes, moose poop. […]