Here and There, a touring festival that will come to Beak and Skiff Apple Orchards in LaFayette on Sunday, Aug. 14, features Courtney Barnett, Hana Vu, Faye Webster, and Snail Mail.

Gov. Kathy Hochul says changes to bail reform enacted in the spring need a chance to work before more revisions are made.

The Siena College poll finds Hochul has wide support among Democrats, and Zeldin is backed by most Republicans, but independent voters are up for grabs.

The state's bail reform laws have become an issue in the governor’s race in New York in recent days, as Republican candidate Lee Zeldin calls for repealing the state’s bail reform laws, and Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul says she and the Legislature already revised the laws in the state budget.

Government reform advocates question whether the newly created New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government will be much better than it's troubled predecessor, which was disbanded earlier this month.

Hobart and William Smith Colleges President Joyce Jacobsen announced Tuesday she is stepping down as president; and the Board of Trustees announced that former longtime president Mark Gearan will return to that role.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday that the state will spend $70 million for improving child care services as part of a plan that ends the state sales tax on baby diapers.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has an opportunity to remold the court, as she will soon be appointing a new chief judge for the state, now that Janet DiFiore has announced she’s leaving at the end of the summer.

U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for New York governor, was attacked by a man with knife at an event Thursday night in Perinton but was uninjured, his campaign said.

Gov. Kathy Hochul says there's a good reason why a company that contributed to her campaign received hundreds of millions in state money for COVID-19 tests.