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Supporters of natural gas drilling in New York want the president to speak to the issue during his State of the Union address tomorrow.

Politics

Gas and oil industry want props in State of the Union

Ryan Morden

Energy lobbyists are pushing hard for President Obama to give oil and natural gas a positive shout-out during tomorrow’s State of the Union address. The…

The president's trip to Schenectady has been rescheduled for Friday, January 21.

Politics

It's back on: Obama reschedules Schenectady trip

Rachel Ward, Editor

Remember the trip the president was supposed to make to visit a GE battery facility? And how it was postponed to a later date? Well, we know the later…

President Obama is postponing his trip to Schenectady, following the shooting of an Arizona congresswoman.

Politics

President's upstate trip postponed

Rachel Ward, Editor

Things change.The White House announced Sunday night that President Obama is calling for a moment of silence for the victims in a weekend shooting in…

Politics

President Obama to visit GE plant in Schenectady

Dan Bazile

President Barack Obama is returning to upstate New York, according to a White House press release issued Thursday. Details are still forthcoming (the…

Many cities in Upstate New York are featured on lists that (sometimes simultaneously) give props and talk trash.

Are rankings and lists reliable economic indicators?

Daniel Robison, WBFO

Santa Claus isn’t the only one making lists these days.Showing strong growth in “technology jobs,” Albany recently placed high in Tech America’s annual…

Do a Google Images search of "innovation" and you'll probably find something like this. The last American plant that makes these things will soon be shutting down.

Tech

The day the lights went out

Zack Seward

The Washington Post has a comprehensive story on the last General Electric factory in America that makes incandescent light bulbs. Later this month it's…