Though the Democratic candidates are still slugging it out for the nomination front runner Senator Barack Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Senator John McCain are already butting heads.
Rita Nissan has the story.

The death of former State Police Inspector Gary Berwick sent shock waves through the already embattled agency

Governor Paterson's deadline to every state agency to submit a plan to slash their budgets has arrived.

The Onondaga County Democratic Party officially announced on Thursday that they are supporting Dan Maffei in his run for Congress.

The goal was to aid a candidate for Congress, but the leader of the Democratic National Committee found himself answering a number of questions about another race during a visit to Syracuse. Our Bill Carey has the details.

Republicans in the state assembly are trying to increase the pressure on majority democrats to adopt a gas tax holiday for the summer. The proposal has already been approved by the GOP-controlled State Senate.

Republican Dale Sweetland is unanimously endorsed by the Wayne County Republican Party in the 25th District Congressional race.

The woman said to have arranged a tryst between a call girl and former Governor Eliot Spitzer pleaded guilty Wednesday to money laundering and promoting prostitution and will cooperate with a grand jury investigating the pricey escort service.

Senator Barack Obama gets a huge boost in his campaign as former presidential hopeful John Edwards throws his support behind the front runner. Josh Robin tells us what this means for Obama's momentum and Hillary Clinton's fate.

The pressure is mounting for Governor Paterson to rethink a plan some say is nothing less than a slight to Upstate New York. Last week, the Governor indicated changes could be coming to the state agency responsible of economic revitalization. Changes that a number of upstate business groups are calling a potentially damaging change of course. But the Governor shows no signs of backing away from his plan, calling it a step in the right direction. Capital Tonight's Erin Billups has the details.

The sub-prime crisis affects millions of people who bought homes they couldn't afford, through tricky interest-only loans, variable interest rates and loans given out by predatory lenders.

Governor Paterson signed legislation Wednesday to protect children who use social networking sites from sex offenders.

The State Senate has passed several bills aimed at stopping sex offenders from slipping through the cracks.

In the prolonged process that has been the Democratic primary, the odds are now overwhelmingly in favor of Barack Obama. But despite that, Hillary Clinton was the candidate to beat in West Virginia. Pre-primary polls showed her way out in front, which is exactly how it ended up. The question is, will it matter? Our Erin Billups has been watching West Virginia and has the details of how it all unfolded.

Fairbank Farms is recalling pre-packaged hamburgers that might contain small bits of hard plastic. Fairbank Farms burgers are sold at Price Chopper, BJ’s, and Shaw’s stores.