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As college students across the country receive their diplomas, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is introducing new legislation that allows students to refinance their college loans at lower interest rate.

A report released Tuesday says that in 2014 approximately 1.5 million New Yorkers will be eligible for premium tax credits that will help them pay for health coverage. According to the report by Families USA, a national health consumer organization, most of those eligible for the premium tax credits will be in working families and have incomes between, $47,100 and $94,200 for a family of four. Rea

State lawmakers settled on a tentative agreement that would raise the state's minimum wage to $9 an hour as part of the $136.5 billion budget.

NBT Bankcorp and Alliance Financial Corporation have announced that both companies have received approval from stockholders to complete their merger during special meetings last week. The merger will provide NBT Bank with an additional $1...

Raising the minimum wage, a divisive partisan issue in 2012, now seems ripe for compromise. Recent comments by some business groups and the leading Republican in the state senate indicate several opportunities to compromise on the $8.75 per hour minimum wage proposed by Governor Andrew Cuomo in this year's state budget.

An audit released Friday by the State Comptroller's Office has condemned the Village of Walton’s financial controls and oversight is practically non-existent.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said Wednesday the cash report tax collections through November was $39.2 billion, which is $163.4 million below the state’s estimates. The cash report, which was updated last month, was also $702.4 million below initial estimates in April.

If you live in Sacramento, it's time to start tearing out the walls: these homeowners stumbled over roughly $300,000 in gold dust during a heater installation.

Many are wondering how the closing of the stock market will affect the market.

According to an annual report on the securities industry by state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, Wall Street is on track for $15 billion in profits.