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By Stephen Williams
Gazette Reporter

Saratoga County supervisors probably won’t vote on a possible override of the state tax cap until they adopt the 2017 county budget on Dec. 14, county board Chairman Arthur “Mo” Wright said.

By Zachary Matson
Gazette Reporter

Some members of the Board of Regents on Tuesday called for a policy that would better address the opportunity gap that underlies the academic disparities at the heart of much education discourse.

Monday it became clear that there is another potential minefield, at least when it comes to first daughter Ivanka Trump and a brand that is largely built on her image.

House Republicans renominated Speaker Paul D. Ryan as their leader Tuesday, quieting rumors of an initial revolt in the party in the wake of feuding between Ryan and President-elect Donald Trump while Democrats grappled with their own potential insurrection.

Tracy Kidder, a Pulitzer Prize-winning non-fiction author, will be at Schenectady High School on Thursday night for a public event as part of the Schenectady County Public Library’s 50th Anniversary.

By Steven Cook
Gazette Reporter

A former General Electric industrial mechanic convicted last year in a hate-fueled plot to deploy an X-ray device against local Muslims should spend the rest of his life in prison, federal prosecutors argued in a new court filing.

By Stephen Williams
Gazette Reporter

The state Department of Environmental Conservation will do its own testing for PCBs in the Hudson River if the federal government or General Electric won’t.

By Brett Samuels
Gazette Reporter

While many communities across the country struggle to harness new technology, Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy said he wants to work to make the city, and the region, a leader among Smart Cities.

By Zachary Matson
Gazette Reporter

Roughly one in four teens in Upstate New York and 22 percent in the Capital Region reported experiencing some form of online bullying, according to the results of a Siena College Research Institute survey released Tuesday.

The New York State Heath Department has reported that a number of Schenectady County restaurants had critical violations - some more than one - upon inspection over the past month.