He's going from running a small Jefferson County Town to helping the run the county itself. But many people are wondering who the man actually is. Our Brian Dwyer has more on the man named Jefferson County’s newest legislator.

It's year of firsts for Governor Paterson as he prepares to give his State of the State address Wednesday. Not only is he the state's first African American governor, he's also the first legally blind one as well, which means he has to memorize his lines. Our Erin Billups talked with a senior aide to the Governor to get a sense of how he does it.

With the Governor's State of the State address now just hours away, advocacy groups large and small will be gathering outside the Capitol to voice their concerns. Most will be critical of the proposals made in Governor Paterson's executive budget. Ryan Peterson has details.

A tour of Upstate New York is on Gov. David Paterson's itinerary in the coming weeks as he pushes his agenda for 2009.

Two days before the capitol's official kickoff, the fight for control of the New York State senate is still anything but finished. And though there will be a majority leader, we're just not sure what his name is yet or from what side of the political aisle he'll come. Our Josh Robin has the latest on the down to the wire drama playing out at the capitol.