When the COVID emergency began in March of 2020, local governments had to quickly adapt. Public meetings across the Northeast migrated to Zoom as states made emergency allowances to open meetings laws. Now that public life is reopening, the chair of the 39-memeber Albany County Legislature says some of those changes should remain. Democrat Andrew Joyce and his colleagues wrote to state lawmakers asking them to consider tweaks to the Open Meetings Law.
The emergence and development of artificial intelligence has impacted many aspects of society. AI is also being used by bad actors to expand and...
One-term Plattsburgh Mayor Chris Rosenquest reflects on his term.
Six-term Tupper Lake Mayor Paul Maroun says he will not run for re-election. Maroun has worked in politics for nearly five decades. The Republican...