If the state had just called the lengthy report it released today "ideas to make money or save money," more people would read it. But instead, they called it the "Final Report of the New York State Commission on Asset Maximization" - boo for...

After calling Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor a racist, Newt Gingrich, it seems, has had a change of heart and has publicly apologized for his choice of words.
The apology seemed to come after many conservatives began to distance...

Governor David Paterson has a funny definition of clean energy.
Just last week he rolled out a legislative package that he said would invest in clean energy technologies, protect the environment, and so on. The problem is, he included a...

The Democrats had a tenuous hold on the State Senate majority anyway, so it's only a small shock that they were toppled from leadership, in a traditional sense.
Now, there's a sort of power-sharing agreement where Democratic Senator Pedro...

When the Rochester School Board hired interim Superintendent Bill Cala, it was with one condition, say some board members: clean house at Central Office immediately. But when Cala went to terminate some of the district's highest-paid...

This week, the Obama White House released its first major climate report, and let me say that it's nice to see the federal government acknowledge global warming.
The report outlines the impacts of climate change nationally and on different...

Two bond ratings agencies have downgraded Monroe County's rank.
The analyses were prepared ahead of the county's plans to bond about $81 million. Fitch now gives the county a BBB with a stable outlook, while Moody's gives it a Baa2 with a...

I'm going to put this as simply as I can: the time has come for our state senators to knock off the silliness and get to work.
It's bad enough that the Senate has been at a standstill, held hostage by a leadership dispute, for the past two...

Representative Eric Massa might vote yes on a House climate bill, and he might vote no.
Some media reports, like this one on Politico.com or this one from WXXI, give the impression that Massa's already decided on the bill. He hasn't, says...

The public's heard a lot about the important bills that the State Senate is holding hostage - sales-tax extensions, for example.
One that's gone unnoticed, however, is Timothy's Law: the legislation that requires health insurance providers to...