A new bell-to-bell ban on cell phones in public schools is set to take effect this August, as announced by Governor Kathy ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the state's fiscal year 2026 budget into law, where she highlighted several initiatives ...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul Friday signed the FY 2026 state budget into law, more than a month past the deadline.

When the new school year starts in September, students in New York State’s public schools will be prohibited from accessing ...

A new Siena College poll found Gov. Kathy Hochul and Rep. Elise Stefanik would likely win their respective gubernatorial ...

Johnson City Middle School and several other schools in the area already have similar phone-use restrictions. Hochul said the ...

Cuomo succeeded in making Albany “work” again by delivering timely budgets. Hochul reversed course, sacrificing the statutory ...

The Locust Valley School District implemented its own cell phone ban policy in 2023, and say it has fostered positive results ...

Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget into law at a Southern Tier middle school on Friday morning.The $254 ...

TO BE CONTINUED: Gov. Kathy Hochul’s big-spending, $254 billion budget is extending her considerable power over New York’s finances — granting her authority to make mid-year cuts if the economy sours.

As of April, 21 states had enacted laws limiting student use of cellphones in classrooms, according to Ballotpedia.