BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Former Erie County Legislature Chair April Baskin was sworn in Saturday as the state senator for New ...

Revamping the school aid formula and banning cellphones in schools also will be among the key issues when lawmakers return ...

Democrats managed to chip away at the Republican supermajority in the 2024 election cycle. Republicans will be one House seat ...

As the 119th Congress kicks off Friday, some new members enter office with more prominent resumes in the politics or business ...

Michigan's newest senator, Democrat Elissa Slotkin, is the first known former CIA officer to become a U.S. senator.

State Sen. Parker Space was hospitalized and then flown to a clinic in New York after the encounter at Space Farms Zoo & ...

A trio of lawmakers questioned why New York, unlike 37 other states, did not immediately begin paying off the billions it had ...

A longtime fixture of Capital Region politics was honored on Friday, December 27th. Pat Casale, a former seven-term New York ...

New York state Senator Pat Fahy was sworn in Friday to represent the 46th district after a long career in the Assembly.

New York governor Kathy Hochul signed landmark climate legislation into law last week, showing how states can keep holding ...

On this airing of The Great Outdoors, Charlie Potter explains the New York state legislature that targets shooting preserves regardless of their contribution to conservation. Plus, ...

Mary Anne Krupsak, New York's first female lieutenant governor and a trailblazer in state politics, died on December 28, 2024, at her home on Seneca Lake, according to an obituary posted by her loved ...