Hochul wants schools to ban smartphones and other internet-enabled devices before the next school year. Lawmakers are open to ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to prohibit students from using ... That’s a win for companies like Yondr, which sell pouches that magnetically seal and prevent students from using their phones until ...

In New York State, border encounters increased by more than 41% from 81,000 in fiscal 2022 to nearly 115,000 in fiscal 2024.

“It is nauseating that Governor Hochul proposes flushing . . . state taxpayer dollars down the Film/TV production pay-to-play toilet,” said John Kaehny, the group’s executive directo ...

New York students may no longer have cell phones with them from “bell to bell” under Gov. Hochul’s proposed ban, but public schools will still need to find a way to get messages from parents ...

The temperatures are still low, but the funding is rising. Gov. Hochul has locked in $35 million to go toward a state program that helps low-income New Yorkers heat their homes in the winter — a ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul refused to advocate for an increase in charter schools in her $252 billion proposed budget, in what education-choice advocates say was ceding to the powerful teachers union ahead ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a statewide plan on Wednesday that will restrict the use of devices such as smartphones, smart watches, and tablets in K-12 schools throughout ...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul pushed back against Donald Trump's proposed changes to the 14th Amendment on Tuesday, saying ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on January 21 a proposal to ban cell phones in classrooms. She stated that cell phones in the classroom are a major disruption for all students.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Governor Kathy Hochul has revealed details of her plan to ban smartphones in New York schools as part of her FY 2026 Executive Budget Proposal. The governor's office said ...