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Lawmakers in Albany took the final steps yesterday to create a "land bank" in the Adirondacks that allows local governments to begin needed infrastructure projects. As part of the deal, New York state added another 1,400 acres to the state's "forever wild" forest preserve.

The New York State legislature is approving new protections for farmworkers that supporters say are long overdue.

Two members of the state Assembly from the North Country are blasting the new farm bill that passed both houses of the legislature yesterday.

The Senate and Assembly approved anti-sexual harassment measures that, among other things, ends the standard that harassment needs to be “severe or pervasive” in order for a victim’s complaint to receive redress.

We've been reporting about how state forest rangers feel like they're being stretched too thin in the Adirondacks. Now they have something new to do - write parking tickets.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Democratic-led state Legislature have agreed on the most ambitious goals in the nation for reducing carbon emissions in the next few decades, but both supporters and opponents say the key to the measure's success or failure is in the details of how it will be carried out.

Three North Country politicians have started a petition drive calling for suspension of a water levels plan they say is hurting people along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.

Two years ago, after a routine blood test, Maryann Fuhrmann's 9-year-old Maltese mix, Bella, was diagnosed with Lyme disease.

Full-time physician, pharmacy and lab manager, head of a medical staff - those are some of the hats Kathleen Camelo wears on a daily basis as Director of SUNY Plattsburgh’s Student Health and Counseling Center.

Kathleen grew up in Keeseville, moved to the West Coast to start her medical career, and then came back to the area and SUNY Plattsburgh in 1994.