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School districts across the state are holding votes on their budgets Tuesday. While almost all of them are keeping their spending requests within the…
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Several central and northern New York legislators are praising the state's new budget as a win for the region's schools, but they say it was a hard-fought…
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The Alliance for Quality Education says Gov. Andrew Cuomo is misleading the public in a debate about school funding. The school advocacy group has…
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A committee of the New York State Board of Regents recommends spending $2.1 billion more on schools in the new state budget, saying it’s time to continue…
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It’s been 10 years since New York’s highest court ordered that more state money be paid to schools with the poorest children. But advocates say that since…
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The issue of whether to tax the wealthiest New Yorkers at a higher rate is once again a topic at the State Capitol. Assembly Democrats are out with a tax…
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Eight years after the stock market crash and the start of the recession, the New York state Senate leader say it’s time to get rid of a law that limits…
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo released his State of the State message and $143 billion budget spending plan, which includes nearly $1 billion more for schools next…
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo has said it again and again, universal pre-kindergarten is a big priority. Last year, the legislature approved a $340 million program to…
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Teachers from the Finger Lakes traveled to Albany Friday to deliver 1,000 local apples to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The purpose was not to share in the bounty of…