Every state has a capitol that houses its state legislature. Many are domed buildings similar to the US Capitol, but others ...

Albany lawmakers adjourned their annual session this month without adopting any legislation addressing immigration, even as federal authorities ratchet up deportation tactics.

New York U.S. attorney who survived knife threat by undocumented migrant slams sanctuary city policies in talk with Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul.

A line stretched around the block to honor State Representative Melissa Hortman, her husband and their dog, who were killed in an attack that officials have called a political assassination.

Tucked away in the state Capitol in Cheyenne is an intimate Victorian-style theater, decorated with beautiful purple chairs ...

The General Assembly is moving into its new home next to Capitol Square, which opens to the public on Oct. 11, three months before the next legislative session begins.

This week on Empire State Weekly, Alex Beauchamp, the Northern Region Director for climate advocacy group Food & Water Watch, ...

State Attorney General Letitia James has pushed for the expansion of consumer protection laws and said it is New York's responsibility to ward off abusive and unfair business practices.

More than 66,000 New Yorkers flocked to early voting sites over the weekend, as the Democratic mayoral primary is being ...

A U.K. engineering, development and management consultancy is nearly doubling its New York City footprint with a full-floor ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ office is pushing back against an effort by state lawmakers to rescind a mayor’s power to block ballot proposals from reaching voters. At issue is a bill the ...