The changes to the state’s prison system, made as part of ongoing budget negotiations for Hochul’s $254 billion fiscal plan, come in the wake of a three-week long prison strike in February that deepened existing staffing shortages and further revealed systemic issues in the management of its facilities.

Some local nonprofits that work to address food insecurity, overdoses and senior isolation are scrambling after the elimination of funding for the AmeriCorps program, which places volunteers with nonprofits across the country.

Labor leaders are managing a changing landscape for workers, with increases in the cost of living, and the impacts of the Trump administration’s labor policies and funding cuts.

It’s graduation season, and as students prepare to leave college life behind, some say they aren’t ready to enter the workforce. WAMC’s Samantha Simmons spoke with students at two Capital Region higher education institutions and has this report.

The man, identified in court papers as Dilbar Gul Dilbar, came to the United States with his family last year on a Special Immigrant Visa reserved for interpreters who assist the U.S. government.

The programs could face service interruptions with the looming cuts to safety net programs in the proposed federal budget.

There’s been an increase in federal immigration enforcement, student visas have been revoked, and funding cuts, freezes and layoffs have impacted the Southern Tier.

Assembly members who voted in favor of the measure reflected on their experiences caring for dying loved ones.

President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan was in Rochester today to meet with members of the Locust Club police union and others.

State Agriculture Commissioner Richard Ball hopes the recent crackdown on illegal immigration will push Congress to revamp the federal Guest Worker program.