WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate on Tuesday, choosing an affable longtime politician who Democrats hope can keep newfound party unity alive in a campaign barreling toward Election Day. Harris said in a post on social media ...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election. The decision comes after escalating ...

LAKE PLACID — Carl Heastie, speaker of the New York state Assembly, spoke on Thursday, June 27 about Olympic Regional Development Authority funding, congestion pricing and short-term vacation rentals during a tour of the Lake Placid Olympic Center with Assemblyman Billy Jones, D-Chateaugay ...

LAKE PLACID — The Essex County Democratic Committee last week named Lake Placid attorney Bryan Liam Kennelly as its new candidate for Essex County judge amidst a ballot challenge from the Essex County Republican Party. Essex County Republicans filed an objection on June 14 to Quinn’s ...

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Village Board of Trustees fielded questions and comments on the proposed extension of parking enforcement hours in the village during a half-hour-long public hearing on Monday, July 1. The board did not vote on the changes that evening due to the absence of ...

LAKE PLACID — The village of Lake Placid’s tax rate will be 34 cents lower than previously expected for the 2024-25 fiscal year, coming in 20 cents lower than the 2023-24 tax rate, because of a miscalculation of the village’s tax rolls. The village’s $7,223,058 budget, which is ...