For just about everybody who drives, filling up the tank is one of those things you just have to do. But not Rick Bates. His pick up truck runs on wood.So, instead of stopping at the corner gas station, Bates just walks into the woods... [more]

The September 14th primary will be the first time all New York voters will have their ballots read and tabulated by machines in polling places. A federal law passed after the botched 2000 presidential race requires elections officials to... [more]

As we heard in Karen’s story, voters already used electronic ballot readers in many New York counties—including St Lawrence, where Jennie Bacon is the Democratic elections commissioner.She says the County is better prepared after last... [more]

The school year starts this week for many children across New York. And, as Karen DeWitt reports, it comes at a time of great fiscal uncertainty, change and even upheaval for the state's public schools. [more]

Retired Army Colonel Chris Gibson is running as a Republican in New Yorks’ 20th district House race. He hopes to unseat Democrat Scott Murphy from Glens Falls.Gibson grew up in Columbia County and served at Fort Drum during a military... [more]