Politics

The ongoing political saga between Mama and Papa Codes and continues. The latest voicemail from my mom was to enlighten me about the latest heated argument they got into when simply getting a prescription filled at CVS proving once again that everything, and I mean everything, can spawn a war of wor…

It's no secret that my mom and dad are diametrically opposed politically.  It's not uncommon in most households for a couple to co-exist despite these differences, and my mom and dad are living proof of that.  However, as the political landscape continues to grow more and more co…

It's unlikely that you'll be seeing Governor Cuomo's face circulating on Tinder or Match.com in the near future but it is official; Andrew Cuomo is now a single man.   After 14 years with his longtime girlfriend Sandra Lee, the couple made it official today and told reporter…

Just when you thought that life in the Capital Region couldn't get any better, it was recently announced that we're getting an Exit 3.  Brian and Chrissy rejoiced in the news by singing a song about the 518's latest triumph!

Charlie Daniels is the 82-year-old country, bluegrass, Southern rock, old-school fiddlin' icon who hasn't lost a step when it comes to entertaining his fans, or entertaining his thoughts.  It's hard to believe that his country-crossover smash 'Devil Went Down To Georgia' is forty years old! We had t…

In case you somehow missed it (though it was all over the news and social media), the 'Simpsons' recently had an episode where it made fun of Upstate New York.  It even hit close to home, with Niskayuna making an appearance as part of the episode...

Cohoes Mayor Shawn Morse has been no stranger to our local newspapers since being elected back in 2015. While he's denied the allegations lobbied against during his term as a public official, things reached a boiling point this morning.  It's being reported that the Cohoes mayor was a…

It looks like people are leaving New York. In fact, more people are leaving than any other state nationally, to be accurate.
Apparently, New York tops the states for population loss, with the highest rate nationally.  According to cbs 6 Albany, 48,510 people left New York from July, 2017 to…

While there's a push to make recreational marijuana legal in 2019, some local colleges are getting more strict and going completely smoke-free in the new year.
Cigarettes, vaping, marijuana, Ecigarettes, hookahs- doesn't matter if it's legal or not,  it's all not allowed on t…

To try and add to background checks to curb gun violence, there is a new bill being proposed to search social media.

I picked up my three year old son Brody from daycare Tuesday afternoon and headed to the polls before dinner.  On the ride home, I explained to him that before we go in the house, that he and Daddy were going to stop and vote.  Easy for me, the polling place is literally a tenth of mile from where I…

We all have the right to get out and vote today. In order to help with voter turn-out, ride sharing companies are making it cheaper and easier to get to your local polling place. Here's how.