Democrat Janet Tweed, of Delhi, is looking to unseat Republican Assemblyman Chris Tague, a six-year incumbent from Schoharie who represents the largely rural 102nd Assembly District. The Enterprise spoke with both about their views on rural broadband, drug-addiction support, and the environment.

Common threads in Charles Reilly’s life are caring about the environment and expressing himself through writing. He has woven those threads together in his book.

Albany County will be expanding broadband to at least 591 homes in Rensselaerville and Coeymans using American Rescue Plan funding, but hopes to also secure state aid that would bring broadband to 1,142 homes in Coeymans, New Scotland, Bethlehem, and the four Hilltowns. 

In June’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision, the United States Supreme Court overturned the 1984 case that gave federal agencies the flexibility to interpret broad statutes to implement regulations. 

A new AI supercomputer at the University at Albany, comparable to what is being used for profit in the private domain, is part of a larger state initiative to use the technology for public good.

Jim McGaughan, who previously chaired the Bethlehem Republican Committee, was elected last month as chairman of the Albany County GOP, replacing Randy Bashwinger, of Berne.

Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy told The Enterprise this week that creative budgeting allows for the consistent decreases in property taxes, but cautioned that unfunded state mandates could reverse that trend.

Increasing frequency of extreme disasters like Hurricane Helene are driving high demand, says a release from the American Red Cross Eastern New York Region.

The chapter is issuing an “urgent appeal” for volunteers who are willing to travel this fall to support emergency shelters for major national disaster relief efforts.

Albany County is first in the state and among the top counties nationally for its increase in new business applications, rising 34 percent last year, according to data from the United States Census Bureau, and 130 percent since 2020.

To soften the blow of rising emergency medical service costs, New Scotland and a number of other municipalities that rely on the Albany County Sheriff’s EMS service lobbied for a special district that would move the expense from local budgets to the county one, but hit resistance from county officials.