The budget roadshow continues

With help from Shawn Ness New from New York Happening now: Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams continued their post-budget happy tour. Police are unhappy the budget didn’t take further steps to toughen bail laws. Adams said Donald Trump might want to look at the crime stats before blasting his native

Prosecutors argue Trump “willfully and flagrantly” violated gag order, seek penalty

Prosecutors on Tuesday alleged that former President Donald Trump violated a gag order imposed by Judge Juan Merchan in his New York criminal trial, saying Trump’s “attacks” have “willfully and flagrantly” violated the order.  Trump’s attorney Todd Blanche argued Tuesday that his client “very carefully” tried to comply with the rules of the order, but

Pennsylvania Primary Offers Window Into General Election

Every presidential election cycle, someone in the Pennsylvania Legislature introduces a bill to make the commonwealth’s primary earlier on the calendar. That way, voters would have a say in their party’s top ballot pick. But the measure always fails. So, here Pennsylvania is with primary day on April 23, and the primary work is essentially