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"We Got It Done" is the slogan Governor Hochul is touting as the latest way to describe the New York State Budget that will be voted on starting today in Albany. "Better Late Than Never" is the slogan some Republicans are using as the budget reaches 37 days past the mandated deadline. Meanwhile, this budget is a "doozy" coming in at $245 billion and politicians will have just a few hours to attempt a review before voting begins.

NY State Senator Joe Griffo is holding another electronics recycling event this Saturday at the Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority in Utica.

The Democratic plan to push the special election calendar to replace Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21) to June in what critics believe was an effort to delay President Trump from moving his agenda forward, is now dead on arrival in Albany.

NY Senator Joe Griffo, and Assembly persons Brian Miller and Marianne Buttenschon joined business and municipality leaders Friday morning at Utica Mack to discuss the problems caused by New York's plans to aggressively move away from fossil fuels over the next 10 years.

Local lawmakers have expressed their disappointment over a "distraction" from New York Governor Kathy Hochul.

Are you someone who has a collection of old computers, TVs and other electronics? Are you ready to get rid of them and don't know how? Luckily, there is a free electronics recycling event coming up in Utica.

The word is that we will see one of the biggest and best military display at this years Boilermaker Road Race After Party? Is that true? We now have the answer.

Senator Joe Griffo honored eight community advocates Friday who show passion for their respective professions and the Mohawk Valley.

As schools prepare for Tuesday's budget vote, there's an unease regarding school finances and anticipated state aid. State Senator Joe Griffo (R-Rome) organized a forum between local representatives, school administrators, and NYS Education Department Commissioner Betty Rosa, to make sure she understands the concerns of Upstate NY schools.

Should a town be required to give a seldom traveled country road the same maintenance as a heavily traveled road? Senator Joe Griffo doesn't think so and a bill that recently passed in which he sponsored would give the towns the opportunity to determine the amount of resources used on a road if it's deemed low-volume.

A candidate for New York State's 53rd Senate seat is warning constituents that "civil war is coming" and they should "prepare to take the lives of their liberal neighbors" in a now-deleted post on X, formerly Twitter.

If you thought our local leaders support the upcoming toll hikes, think again.