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Anti-climate change activists celebrated at the news that Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state legislature have agreed to a bill to set strict limits on fossil fuel emissions in the coming decades as an attempt to counter act global warming.

The New York State Senate voted 33-29 yesterday to allow undocumented immigrants to receive standard driver’s licenses. Governor Andrew Cuomo raised some last-minute objections, saying he fears that that some data that the state department of motor vehicles collects on the immigrants might be accessed by the federal government and immigration officials. But later in the evening, the governor signed the bill into law.

The agency that manages water on Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River says it’s pushing as much water downstream as it ever has.

The Summer Solstice is Friday, and there's plenty to see in the summer night sky. St. Lawrence University astronomer Aileen O'Donoghue joins Todd Moe for a chat about the start of summer, and a great season to view stars and planets from dusk to dawn.

In what supporters say is a “watershed moment” the New York legislature Friday afternoon approved and Governor Cuomo signed what Democratic lawmakers and tenant groups say are the strongest tenant protections in a generation.

A coalition of New York property owners plans to sue the International Joint Commission (IJC), the international body that regulates water levels on Lake Ontario.

There are almost 20,000 children in foster care in New York State. Foster care provides thousands of children with another chance - an opportunity to grow in a more stable home.

The Tupper Lake Town board unanimously passed a resolution last week to become a Climate Smart Community. This is the first in several steps to become certified by the state as one. The effort to pass the resolution was led by students from the Tupper Lake High School.

3D printing has hit the mainstream over the past few years relatively quickly. The plastic filament printers are turning up in university labs and school rooms, and you can buy one for use at home for about $100. Is it a fad or the future? And what about the plastic waste generated by all those printers? When you print something, you end up with little plastic tabs and ends that are trimmed off and discarded because they're too small to reuse. Failed iterations also create a lot of waste.