Keep track of horse deaths and injuries during Saratoga racing season It's the beginning of Saratoga track season once again, and once again many people are concerned abo...
No, officials can’t make up their own FOIL rules We newspaper people are always in competition for scoops and readers. But when it comes to demand...
Banning press from public events is wrong, possibly illegal Last week, Jon Hunter, the interim superintendent of the Mechanicville school district did something...
Fight for open government will go on New York journalists and good-government advocates woke up Tuesday to some shocking news -- that Rob...
Bill to speed up review of secrecy claims making its way through Legislature A bill that would speed up judicial review of cases in which businesses attempt to keep public infor...
Secrecy in state budget is an invitation to fraud and waste. You OK with that? The $175.5 billion state budget works out to be a little less than $9,000 for each man, woman a...
Legislature gives citizens a big nothing-burger on transparency State lawmakers passed a lot of important legislation and spent a lot of your tax dollars ($175...