Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign is launching an extensive mobilization effort across Pennsylvania this weekend that will lead up to a Monday rally featuring Gov. Josh Shapiro and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan. U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) will be on hand in Montgomery County for a volunteer canvassing kick-off, and Shapiro is the […]
Cohoes fills city court judge vacancy
A new city court judge was sworn in Thursday in Cohoes.
Local women of color react to VP Kamala Harris’ historic presidential campaign
Harris is the first Black and South Asian woman to top the ticket.
Dual Lawsuits Slam Hochul’s Congestion Pricing ‘Pause’

A pair of lawsuits filed Thursday aim to put congestion pricing back on track after Gov. Kathy Hochul derailed the Manhattan vehicle-tolling plan last month, weeks before it was to take effect. The cases, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court by transit advocates and a civic association, are the first that seek to overturn what court […]
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UN Secretary-General Says the World Must Turbocharge the Fossil Fuel Phaseout
Ongoing deadly heat waves around the world, set against the backdrop of a seemingly endless series of annual, monthly and daily heat records on every continent and ocean, prompted United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to make an urgent call to “turbo charge” cuts to fossil fuels. “All countries must deliver by next year nationally determined […]
Blacksburg Town Council member charged with felony election fraud, illegal voting

Liam Watson surrendered to Virginia State Police on Wednesday. He has been released on bond.
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Colorado judge temporarily blocks Kroger-Albertsons grocery ‘megamerger’
A Colorado judge has issued an order temporarily blocking the proposed $24.6 billion merger between the nation’s two largest supermarket chains ahead of an antitrust trial in state court set to begin in September. Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser in February sued to block the merger between grocery giant Kroger, which operates King Soopers and […]
VP Harris tells teachers union she’s ‘fighting for the future,’ blasts Project 2025
Vice President Kamala Harris — the likely 2024 Democratic presidential nominee — outlined on Thursday some of her “vision of the future” while touting the administration’s education record in her keynote address to the American Federation of Teachers national convention in Houston. Harris has quickly drawn the support of major unions like the AFT in […]
Grassley releases bodycam videos of Trump assassination attempt
Editor’s note: This story links to video containing images that may be upsetting to some viewers. U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley released additional videos and documents Thursday related to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Grassley said in a news release that the bodycam videos were obtained from the Beaver County Emergency Services Unit […]
Kamala Harris backs teachers unions and LGBTQ rights, blasts book bans in AFT speech
Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.In one of her first speeches since becoming the likely Democratic nominee for president, Kamala Harris delivered a fiery call to teachers and other …