Senate Democrats have struck a deal with Republicans and the White House to pass five spending bills to fund a large portion of the go ...

State Senator Christopher J. Ryan announced $80,000 in funding for the arts in central New York.

Luis R. Sepúlveda, who represents parts of the Bronx in New York's 32nd Senate District, was appointed Chair of the Senate ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Lawmakers in many states get paid extra if they hold leadership posts or oversee important committees. Extra work, the thinking goes, should equal extra pay. But few state legislatures ...

The president charged that the I.R.S. and the Treasury Department had failed to prevent a former I.R.S. contractor from gaining access to documents shared with news outlets.