New Yorkers are very concerned about protecting our environment and about the farming practices used to grow our foods. That is why the state Assembly and Senate passed A. 3226 The Birds and Bees Protection Act and why the state and local chapters of the Sierra Club strongly urge Gov. Kathy ...

By Rolland Kidder Though it has been almost 50 years ago, I can still vividly remember the last day of the 1975 session of the New York State legislature. It was in mid-December, and we had been in session for most of the year trying to deal with the bankruptcy of New York City. Now, in ...

As a retired City Court Judge, I watched with interest this spring as Gov. Kathy Hochul demanded giving judges more discretion in setting bail for criminal defendants. Hochul knows that one issue, Bail Reform/crime, let a little known Long Island Republican come within 3 points of upsetting ...

The label professional is used in ways today more than its socio-historical heritage suggests. Its origin was a person employed in a profession. Such employment is seen as “one’s work” (a commitment), not a routine “job.” A profession is a social category of employment where the ...

Few spend much time thinking about how much it costs to raise a child before they become pregnant. According to a recent Brookings Institution analysis of data from the U.S. Agriculture Department, most families will spend about $310,605 from the day their baby is born until the day the child ...

BONNER COUNTY, Idaho — Meet Michael and Chantell Sackett. They are the Sacketts in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency. They persisted in their long, expensive battle in the federal-district court in Idaho, where they lost; the San Francisco-based federal-appellate court, where ...