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Commentary: The grass isn't greener: We can do better than monoculture lawns

Grass gets a trim in Albany under the hot sun on Monday, June 12, 2017.  Around Albany, I notice few powdered wigs, knee-length breeches or frock...

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James Lyons Walsh

Commentary: Nothing to do in Albany? Blame the Cabaret Law.

The Stone Temple Co-Pilots perform on April 4, 2014, at Pauly's Hotel in Albany. (Cindy Schultz / Times Union Archive) If ESPN analyst Rebecca...

yesterday 8

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Jay Ginsburg

Editorial: No vote of confidence

Times Union photo illustration by Jeff Boyer. Richard W. Crist, Rensselaer County's director of operations, is one of a group of county officials...

yesterday 1

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Times Union Editorial Board

Churchill: David Soares gets his revenge

Albany County District Attorney David Soares talks about a report issued by the county Comptroller’s Office criticizing him for using state grants...

yesterday 1

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Chris Churchill

Editorial: Don't rush prison closures

Great Meadow Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison in Washington County, is seen in this March 25, 2010, file photo. New York's prison...

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Grondahl: Debilitated by Lyme, elite runner Nick Conway flying again

Elite distance runners Nick Conway, 49, of Albany, left and Jack Huber, 23, of Bethlehem, have formed a tight bond as training partners as they...

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Chris Churchill

Commentary: State's support for farming program keeps New York growing

Credit: Getty Images. I come from three generations of cattle ranchers in Venezuela, but as the fourth generation, I’m the first to be farming in...

previous day 4

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Carlos Valery

Editorial: Fighting words

Credit: Getty Images. Whatever your feelings are concerning the war in Gaza, a U.S. senator’s call for vigilante attacks on certain demonstrators...

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Nothing in the state budget is going to make you less grumpy

A man walks by the eastern staircase of the state Capitol, where lawmakers and Gov. Kathy Hochul on Saturday hammered out a state budget deal. ...

tuesday 6

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Chris Churchill

Commentary: New York's procurement system need not add to forest destruction

tuesday 7

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Daniel Wilkinson

Letters: Failing to help Ukraine in its war with Russia will only lead to more war

Letters to the editor can be submitted by sending an email to tuletters@timesunion.com or completing this form. See our guidelines on letters. Back...

22.04.2024 3

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Commentary: Through conservation easements, private land can help achieve public good

View overlooking Fourth Lake in the Adirondack Mountains, July 2013. Whenever I find myself back home in the Hudson Valley, I’m always struck by...

22.04.2024 6

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Zak Kaletsch

Commentary: Watch out — when Mother Earth isn't happy, nobody's happy

22.04.2024 7

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Elizabeth Poreba

Editorial: Abortion in Arizona

Abortion rights supporters gather outside the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix on April 17.  Here are a few things that happened in the United...

22.04.2024 6

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Siena swimmer Olivia Martin's mental trick brings school record

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Allison Weber

Editorial: Earth, our only home

Credit: Getty Images If you’re looking for a heartening development on the eve of Earth Day 2024, here’s one: A new federal rule will require the...

21.04.2024 5

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Commentary: Good riddance to New York’s death penalty, but there’s more to be done

Credit: Getty Images. Twenty years ago, the New York Court of Appeals ruled in People v. LaValle that the sentencing provisions of the state’s...

21.04.2024 4

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James Acker

Commentary: Put more distance between lawmaking, campaign fundraising

Credit: Getty Images. The state budget process is winding down, finally. But the legislative session continues. Lots of hustle and bustle swirls in...

21.04.2024 3

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Steven Sanders

Commentary: Everything is awful. Let’s watch another video.

Credit: Getty Images. Credit: Getty Images. Nowadays people get their news not from Cronkite-like broadcasts or newspapers but more commonly from...

21.04.2024 4

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Frank S. Robinson

Churchill: Moreau kidnapper stole from all our children

MOREAU — If you made me king for a day or two, stealing childhood would become a crime.  If nothing else, the charge would add a decade or so to...

20.04.2024 5

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Chris Churchill

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