Kathy Hochul

Gov. Kathy Hochul visited Syracuse Monday to highlight economic investments affecting the central New York community as laid out in her recent budget.

Bill Magnarelli and Will Barclay on the Campbell Conversations.

Bill Magnarelli and Will Barclay on the Campbell Conversations.

Gov. Kathy Hochul is pledging $1 billion to add more beds and expand outpatient services, amid high need across the state.

The budget presentation comes at a time of heightened tensions between Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Legislature over her nominee for chief judge and a veto of a key piece of legislation updating the state's wrongful death statute.

Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed increasing state school aid by 10%, tuition hikes for public universities and raising cigarette taxes to a nation-high $5.35 per pack as part of her budget proposal Wednesday.

New York's governor has vetoed a bill that would have allowed wrongful death lawsuits to include claims for emotional damage, a change that could have led to much bigger payouts for fatal accidents and deadly medical errors.

New York state officials are staying vigilant about one cause of a nationwide egg shortage: the avian flu.

More than a week after the state Senate Judiciary Committee rejected Gov. Kathy Hochul’s nominee for chief judge, Hochul says she still hasn’t decided whether to go to court to try to force the full Senate to vote on her choice.

The governor, in her State of the State message, proposed revisions to the law to make it easier for judges to set bail for more “serious crimes.”