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The annual battle over what is and what is not an illegal gambling machine began Thursday with a Senate committee hearing on a bill to ban “pre-reveal” games that have proliferated throughout the…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Millions of New Yorkers should expect tax relief, thanks to the next state budget, but it’s far from clear how the state will use billions in rising tax revenues this year. Any big spending increases will depend in…

President Joe Biden’s cornerstone Build Back Better tax and spending plan remains short one vote as legislators return to work in the United States Congress Monday. Maverick Democrat Senator Joe Manchin has refused to go along with…

But the committee stopped short of calling on News Corp to dilute or otherwise cede any of its Australian interests, and instead made a number of recommendations — including the creation of a judicial inquiry into media diversity,…